A senior business figure who sat on the selection panel that appointed John Barilaro to a prestigious US trade role said other candidates had more international experience and that he felt “bypassed” in the process, as an inquiry shifts its focus to a separate UK trade post.
Government adviser Warwick Smith and headhunter Marianne Broadbent appeared before an ongoing upper house probe into Mr Barilaro’s appointment to a New York trade position. The inquiry also spent considerable time on Thursday questioning the appointment process behind the state’s agent-general to the UK.
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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
