NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has tapped former ICAC inspector Bruce McClintock to examine whether former trade minister Stuart Ayres breached ministerial guidelines in John Barilaro’s appointment to a US trade post, on the same day that Treasurer Matt Kean was elected Liberal Party deputy leader.
NSW Liberals put on a united front on Tuesday after the party unanimously elected Mr Kean as its deputy, following a one-horse race for the role vacated last week by Mr Ayres.
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