Stuart Ayres

A parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to the lucrative trade ...

"It raises questions in respect to the ministerial code of conduct. In her opening statement, Brown said: "Any conversations I have with minister Ayres were, therefore, influential on my decision. "The issues in the review go directly to the engagement of Mr Ayres with a department secretary in respect to the recruitment process," Perrottet said. "What is important is, the information that comes to light is acted on, and that's what I have done," he said. I am the custodian as premier of the ministerial code of conduct." "The draft review that I have seen, relating to those matters with respect to Mr Ayres, raises questions," he said.

STUART Ayres will resign as trade minister and deputy leader of the Liberal Party as the ongoing John Barilaro scandal plagues the NSW Government.

There's a million tales to tell and I'm enjoying bringing them to you. There's a million tales to tell and I'm enjoying bringing them to you. "[The draft report] raised a concern as to whether Mr Ayres had complied with the ministerial code of conduct", Mr Perrottet said.

NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has resigned from cabinet and his role as deputy Liberal leader.

“I said from the outset in relation to these matters that I would conduct an inquiry, and that is exactly what I have done. “What I will not do is move to and make decisions based on media pressure or political pressure. “Obviously I’m putting a review in place. Department secretary and Investment NSW boss Amy Brown will face the hearing for a second round of evidence. However, I agree it is important that this matter is investigated appropriately and support the premier’s decision to do so.” She has rejected the allegations.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Deputy state Liberal Leader Stuart Ayres informed him that he would resign from his ministerial positions.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Investment NSW boss Amy Brown say the New York trade role recruitment process that appointed John Barilaro was not at ...

Brown has told the inquiry that the London process was run out of NSW Treasury in 2020 and 2021. “[It was more of a] ‘Hmm, I see’. It’s hard to convey the tone... Brown: It was the subject of much discussion. It was a matter of the paperwork catching up with the reality. And I am concerned that, combined with this amount of public scrutiny, will deter high performing talent, including women from the private sector, from ever wanting to apply for public service roles Previous emails show the panel members were called on June 15 and asked to give their approval by the end of that day. As we reported earlier today, Ayres resigned from the cabinet and as deputy Liberal leader this morning after a draft review found there were “questions” about his level of engagement with Brown during the recruitment process. “When negotiations got particularly difficult he said, ‘I’ll just escalate this to the deputy premier or the premier,’” Brown said, implying this referenced Premier Dominic Perrottet. “He had some history with the NSW government that may make it difficult for him to take up the role without media and public controversy,” she said. She denied they would, particularly in the case of Lo given her role as commissioner. “For particular reasons I deemed that there was no suitable candidate in round one, as we’ve discussed. She phoned top bureaucrat Michael Coutts-Trotter and suggested he check the appointment with the premier.

Investment NSW head Amy Brown tells inquiry of praise for former deputy premier before appointment.

But she also suggested Ayres had offered his opinion too, one of many “intersections” she said had occurred during the hiring process. Barilaro walked away from the role less than two weeks after his appointment was announced in June, saying it had become untenable and a “distraction” due to media attention. “It was disheartening.” The inquiry has previously heard that decision was taken to cabinet by Barilaro and approved on 27 September, just a few weeks after West had been verbally offered the role. She said he replied: “No, I don’t think that’ll work, will it.” Brown told the inquiry she had been given the sense ministers “weren’t impressed” that a “bureaucrat” had been chosen for the role.

STUART Ayres will resign as trade minister and deputy leader of the Liberal Party as the ongoing John Barilaro scandal plagues the NSW Government.

There's a million tales to tell and I'm enjoying bringing them to you. There's a million tales to tell and I'm enjoying bringing them to you. "[The draft report] raised a concern as to whether Mr Ayres had complied with the ministerial code of conduct", Mr Perrottet said.

Amy Brown's testimony to the Barilaro inquiry reveals how close now-resigned minister Stuart Ayres was to the New York trade role appointment.

Brown also bizarrely complained that she regarded West as a friend and was upset West made file notes of their “personal” conversations. Brown also admitted that after the public service appointment process that led to Jenny West being the initial successful candidate, it was John Barilaro’s office that led the way in demanding the process be put on hold while the appointments were made political. Brown’s statement that “arm’s length is not a fair characterisation of how the process was run” only confirmed the obvious.

The trade minister's premier has decided questions had been raised about his role in the appointment of John Barilaro to a NY trade post.

His colleagues will be wondering why Ayres’ memory is so at odds with the documents that clearly lay out his role. Moreover, the recruitment panel report was changed to elevate Barilaro and downgrade a superior candidate. The result has been serious damage to the government as Ayres resisted pressure to resign and insisted all was well, to the growing and increasingly open incredulity of his colleagues.

On the day Stuart Ayres resigned as NSW Trade Minister, one of his department heads revealed he had a much greater hand in selecting who should be the ...

“Last night, I read a section of the independent review being conducted by Graeme Head. This section is relevant to my role as minister. He denies any wrongdoing.” “From what I have received in that draft report, there is no doubt that there are questions in relation to … questions raised, not findings, in relation to information … questions are raised in relation to whether or not there have been a breach of the ministerial code of conduct in those circumstances and on receipt of that information,” Mr Perrottet said. “I remember getting a really early heads up. “The issues in the review go directly to the engagement of the minister with the department secretary in respect of the recruitment process, so that raises questions in relation to the ministerial code of conduct,” Mr Perrottet said. Mr Ayres resigned after Premier Dominic Perrottet was shown a draft report indicating Mr Ayres may have breached the ministers’ code of conduct in relation to the appointment of Mr Barilaro to the US job.

Stuart Ayres and John Barilaro together in Penrith. Photo: Megan Dunn. Penrith resident Tony Moussa said further investigations should be done into politicians, ...

“The people of Penrith deserve a representative that acts with honesty and transparency. “This is not an open and shut case. “This saga has gone on long enough. “This type of stuff has been going on forever and it’s just fortunate enough that they got caught this time. This is a 12-year-old Government focused on themselves and not on the people of Penrith or the people of New South Wales.” “He [Stuart Ayres] is useless.

It followed a review into the scandal that raised concerns he may have breached the ministerial code of conduct.

The Minister for Transport and Minister for Veterans Affairs, David Elliott, will assume the additional portfolio of Minister for Western Sydney. Ben Franklin, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Regional Youth, will assume the additional portfolio of Minister for Tourism. Alister Henskens will assume the additional portfolios of Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, and Minister for Sport. He is currently the Minister for Skills and Training and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology.

It's been a rough few months for Stuart Ayres and Marise Payne, once the NSW Liberals' great power couple.

While rumours of her departure have been circulating for years, who would want to miss the excitement of a new government? But there’s more; Farage will also dispense some advice for the conservative political parties who came a cropper in May’s federal election. Meanwhile, don’t expect a changing of the guard at the BCA just yet. She might just have to give up her spot on the UNSW council though! Payne also loses her $364,410 ministerial salary, and is now on a humble $217,060 – at least the federal pollies just got a pay bump. And while you might be forgiven for assuming Barilaro isn’t much of a theatre guy, think again.