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NSW trade boss to the UK quits lucrative London job

NSW Agent-General to London Stephen Cartwright is leaving the job in a shock announcement two years into the lucrative UK-based trade role.

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Drivers AVOID one of UK's most daring roads with accidents 'every week' on 'Devil's Bend'

People living in the idyllic village of Bracmote in Nottinghamshire have urged drivers to slow down and be careful after a number of crashes on a "dangerous" road

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Bramcote's Devil's Bend has become a 'rat run', say residents

Life near a difficult Bramcote stretch of road

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Revealed: Labor edited Barilaro report to omit NSW premier’s ‘inappropriate influence’

Minutes from a parliamentary committee meeting last Friday show a key finding from a trade scandal report was altered.

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Former deputy premier John Barilaro interfered with recruitment process for $600,000 UK agent general role, parliamentary committee finds

A final parliamentary report into a lucrative NSW trade commissioner job finds the former deputy premier wooed former NSW Business Chamber CEO Stephen Cartwright for the role over coffee, saying the government would pay for suitable family accommodation and cleaning.

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Inquiry finds John Barilaro ‘interfered’ in selection process for a senior UK trade job

Final report of parliamentary probe says the appointment of Stephen Cartwright ‘lacked integrity’

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Perrottet 'impeded' committee's work in Barilaro report

A parliamentary committee has accused NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet of refusing to help a probe into lucrative overseas trade appointments.

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'Alchemy' in NSW UK trade posting: probe

A senior public servant says it's not true that she retrospectively tried to justify the salary package for a plum UK trade role.

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Public servant earning $600k feared he couldn’t afford to live in London

A NSW trade envoy to the UK said he was ‘horrified’ by the cost of living in London and argued forcefully for the taxpayer to help pay his rent.

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London rent 'horrified' chief on $600,000

One of the highest-paid public servants in NSW was given rent assistance after moving to the UK and being shocked by London's high rental prices.

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Dominic Perrottet’s adviser to be quizzed about controversial trade appointment

Labor attempting to link saga to NSW premier, who was treasurer at the time of Stephen Cartwright’s appointment to senior trade job

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Barilaro acted improperly, bureaucrat says

Former NSW Treasury secretary Michael Pratt says ex-deputy premier John Barilaro acted inappropriately during salary negotiations for the London agent-general.

AAP

UK Agent-General Stephen Cartwright denies getting special treatment, inquiry calls on Dominic Perrottet

NSW's UK Agent-General Stephen Cartwright tells a parliamentary inquiry his appointment to the $600,000 role was based on merit not on the fact former deputy premier John Barilaro referred him.

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Stephen Cartwright denies NSW trade role a case of ‘jobs for mates’ despite discussion with Barilaro

Agent general to the UK tells inquiry of ‘open and frank’ discussion about salary and the London role with the then deputy premier

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NSW’s UK trade boss says it’s ‘offensive’ to suggest his was a ‘jobs for the boys’ appointment

Stephen Cartwright, NSW agent-general to the UK, has given evidence for the first time to the long-running inquiry into his appointment.

AAP

Barilaro London offer not 'jobs for mates'

One of the highest paid public servants in NSW says a job offer from John Barilaro was not expected, and his hiring was not a case of "jobs for mates".

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Dominic Perrottet asked to see shortlist for UK trade job despite previously denying involvement

An email reveals then-NSW treasurer Dominic Perrottet wanted to meet with the shortlisted candidates for a lucrative UK trade role even though an independent recruitment process had already made a selection.

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UK trade envoy could face NSW parliamentary inquiry twice if documents made public

Papers the government claims should be privileged may become part of an inquiry into the hiring process of Stephen Cartwright.

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Top choice for plum UK trade role sidelined after Barilaro’s ‘unofficial’ candidate hunt, inquiry hears

A Labor MP has claimed the preferred candidate for a plum UK trade role was ‘pushed aside’ in favour of a late applicant who got the job through a parallel hiring process.

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Shelved NSW trade boss neutral on decision

A NSW trade boss overlooked for a prestigious role has dismissed it as "the decisions of government", during an inquiry into overseas appointments.

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More hearings after Barilaro appointment

NSW trade commissioners for London, Europe and Israel will give evidence to an inquiry sparked by John Barilaro's appointment to a similar role.

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Sydney news: Rail union given 5pm deadline to end long-running industrial dispute

MORNING BRIEFING: The state government is warning the rail union to stop the industrial action and accept its offer over safety issues and a new enterprise agreement.

ABC News

'Some of them just come here and relax': The $600,000 NSW job few knew about, until now

John Barilaro may have brought the highly paid trade role to the spotlight, but what do NSW's six representatives to the world actually do? And, do the positions represent any value for money?

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NSW to re-examine trade boss's UK expenses

A review into the expenses of the New South Wales UK agent-general in London that cleared the controversial appointee was conducted by his direct manager.

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Too scared to ask for a pay rise? You need the confidence of a white, male former CEO going for a NSW trade job

Let the state’s agent general in London be your role model on asking for more money without cringing or being mired in feelings of unworthiness

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