NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has quit after a review into the John Barilaro job scandal raised concerns he may have breached the ministerial code of conduct.
The NSW premier is standing by Trade Minister Stuart Ayres after the release of more documents concerning John Barilaro's appointment to a US trade post.
John Barilaro says he was confronted by a TV crew outside a bar in Manly, with NSW Police confirming they are investigating the scuffle with a cameraman.
A senior advisor to John Barilaro says he was asked by the former NSW deputy premier to fast-track changing a controversial US trade role into a ministerial appointment.
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has rejected claims he told his chief-of-staff in 2019 he was going to take a government trade job in New York when he quit politics.
Labor's upper house leader has accused the government of obstructing an inquiry into the appointment of a former deputy premier to an overseas trade role.
Two staffers of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro have been asked to give evidence at an inquiry into how he was appointed to a trade role in the US.
A second woman was shortlisted for a plumb overseas trade job before it was given to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro, NSW government documents show.
Labor has criticised the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet for failing to sack John Barilaro from a taxpayer-funded trade role in New York, calling it a lost opportunity to show leadership.
A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard then-deputy premier John Barilaro altered the hiring process for a future plum trade job days before he retired as an MP.
NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole questioned whether his predecessor John Barilaro was the best candidate for a cushy taxpayer-funded role in New York City.
