A NSW inquiry probing John Barilaro’s appointment to a plum US trade position heard how the agency filling the role settled on a candidate before being told by the government to halt and “unwind” the process because it was being converted to a ministerial decision.
But the senior public servant who appointed Mr Barilaro to the role stopped short of naming which ministerial staffer told her to pause the recruitment process.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
