NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has stared down calls to stand aside Trade Minister Stuart Ayres as an integrity crisis sparked by John Barilaro’s appointment to a US trade post deepens.
Mr Perrottet resisted calls to dump the embattled minister on Monday as he returned from a 10-day regional trade mission and faced separate bushfires relating to Mr Ayres and bullying claims inside the office of former fair trading minister Eleni Petinos.
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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
