Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas

Introduction

This inquiry was self-referred on 23 June 2022 to inquire into and report on the appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas and any other related matter.

Video recordings of hearings, where available, can be found on the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel here.

Terms of reference
This inquiry was Self-referred on 23 June 2022.
Timeline
DateMilestone
Thu 23 June 2022Self-referred
Wed 29 June 2022Hearing - Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 11 July 2022Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 19 July 2022Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Wed 03 August 2022Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 05 August 2022Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 08 August 2022Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 18 August 2022Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 31 October 2022Hearing - Room 814, Parliament House, Sydney
Wed 02 November 2022Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Mon 14 November 2022Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 22 November 2022Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 02 December 2022Hearing - Dixson Room, Macquarie Building, State Library of NSW, Sydney
Mon 06 February 2023Committee Interim Report
Mon 27 February 2023Final Report
Mon 29 May 2023Government Response to Final Report due
Thu 29 June 2023Government Response to Final Report
Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Wed 29 June 2022Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 11 July 2022Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 19 July 2022Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Wed 03 August 2022Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 05 August 2022Room 814, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 08 August 2022Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 18 August 2022Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 31 October 2022Room 814, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Wed 02 November 2022Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Mon 14 November 2022Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 22 November 2022Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 02 December 2022Dixson Room, Macquarie Building, State Library of NSW, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Government response - Report No. 16 - Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas

Tabled date:
Thu 29 June 2023
PDF2.59 MB

Report No 16 - Public Accountability Committee - Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as STIC to the Americas - Final Report

Tabled date:
Mon 27 February 2023
Government response due:
Mon 29 May 2023
PDF608.05 KB

Report No 15 - Public Accountability Committee - Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas - Interim report

Tabled date:
Mon 06 February 2023
PDF1.04 MB

Report No 14 - Public Accountability Committee - Special report on the unauthorised disclosure of in camera evidence given on 29 June 2022

Tabled date:
Tue 09 August 2022
PDF420.68 KB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Mon 27 February 2023Media ReleaseParliamentary inquiry into the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner appointment process tables its final report (pdf, 101.85 KB)
Mon 06 February 2023Media ReleaseParliamentary inquiry into the appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas tables its interim report (pdf, 118.60 KB)
Tue 20 December 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Kylie Bell, Managing Director, Trade and Investment, Investment NSW, Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade (pdf, 115.20 KB)
Wed 14 December 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Stephen Cartwright, Agent General UK and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Europe and Israel, Investment NSW (hearing held on 22 November 2022) (pdf, 90.96 KB)
Wed 07 December 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Bran Black, Chief of Staff, Office of the Premier (hearing held on 22 November 2022) (pdf, 445.74 KB)
Fri 02 December 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle 002 (K. Bell) tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 10.48 MB)
Fri 25 November 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Stephen Cartwright, Agent General UK, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Europe and Israel (hearing held on 2 November 2022). (pdf, 100.51 KB)
Tue 22 November 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle 001 – S. Cartwright tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 13.20 MB)
Tue 22 November 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle 001 – B. Black tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 16.66 MB)
Mon 14 November 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle 001 – M. Pratt tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 11.00 MB)
Wed 02 November 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments labelled 'Tender bundle 001 – S. Cartwright', tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 30.27 MB)
Mon 31 October 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments labelled 'Tender bundle – P. Webster', tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 9.42 MB)
Fri 28 October 2022Media ReleaseHearings on 31 October and 2 November 2022 (pdf, 123.71 KB)
Tue 13 September 2022Correspondence Request for written evidence - Response from Ms Jenny West, former Deputy Secretary, Trade and International, Global NSW, Investment NSW (pdf, 641.09 KB)
Mon 12 September 2022Correspondence Request for written evidence - Response from Mr Tim Reardon, former Secretary, Dept of Premier and Cabinet (pdf, 379.79 KB)
Mon 12 September 2022Correspondence Request for written evidence - Response from Mr Michael Pratt AM, former Secretary, NSW Treasury (pdf, 209.89 KB)
Sun 11 September 2022Answers to Questions on Notice The Hon Warwick Smith AO (pdf, 81.73 KB)
Sun 11 September 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Dr Marianne Broadbent, Managing Partner, NGS Global (pdf, 353.45 KB)
Wed 07 September 2022Correspondence Request for written evidence - Response from Ms Gladys Berejiklian, former Premier of NSW (pdf, 288.08 KB)
Tue 06 September 2022Correspondence Witness invitation for 12 September 2022 scheduled hearing - Correspondence from Mr John Barilaro - dated 6 September 2022 (pdf, 171.05 KB)
Tue 30 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Amy Brown, Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and former CEO of Investment NSW (hearing on 3 August 2022) (pdf, 185.10 KB)
Tue 30 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Kylie Bell, Managing Director, Investment NSW (pdf, 138.17 KB)
Tue 30 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Amy Brown - Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and former CEO of Investment NSW (hearing on 8 August 2022) (pdf, 117.65 KB)
Mon 29 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mrs Siobhan Hamblin, Chief of Staff to former Deputy Premier John Barilaro (pdf, 73.48 KB)
Fri 19 August 2022Correspondence Letter from Harmers Workplace Lawyers on behalf of Ms Jenny West address to Ms Brown dated 19 October 2021 (pdf, 243.06 KB)
Thu 18 August 2022Tabled DocumentSubmission to the Public Accountability inquiry into the Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as STIC to the Americas, Dr Marianne Broadbent, Managing Partner, NGS Global (pdf, 530.70 KB)
Thu 18 August 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments labelled 'Tender bundle – W Smith', tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 7.44 MB)
Fri 12 August 2022Media ReleaseHearing on 12 August 2022 cancelled (pdf, 99.05 KB)
Fri 12 August 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas - next hearing 18 August (pdf, 108.33 KB)
Fri 12 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Chris Carr, General Counsel, Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade (pdf, 133.83 KB)
Thu 11 August 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Upcoming hearing - 12 August 2022 (pdf, 118.45 KB)
Wed 10 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Joseph Brayford, former Senior Policy Adviser, Office of the Deputy Premier (pdf, 68.97 KB)
Mon 08 August 2022Tabled DocumentCompilation of 6 news articles published between 28 June 2022 and 3 August 2022, labelled 'Tender bundle 001' tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 2.42 MB)
Mon 08 August 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments relating to Mr Barilaro's application to, and selection for, the Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner - Americas role, labelled 'Tender bundle 002' tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 3.15 MB)
Mon 08 August 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments relating to the appointment of Mr Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment commissioner to the Americas, labelled 'Tender bundle 003' dated 8 August 2022, tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 10.01 MB)
Mon 08 August 2022Tabled DocumentThe first and last page of a document titled 'Applicant's Outline of Evidence' submitted to the Federal Court of Australia, dated 24 September 2021, tendered by the Hon John Graham MLC (pdf, 139.27 KB)
Mon 08 August 2022Tabled DocumentBriefings regarding the outcome of the candidate selection process for the Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner for the Americas, labelled 'A5056478 and A5067290', tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 932.29 KB)
Fri 05 August 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Upcoming hearing - 8 August 2022 (pdf, 118.41 KB)
Fri 05 August 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle (Siobhan Hamblin) tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 7.51 MB)
Fri 05 August 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle (Kylie Bell) tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 24.43 MB)
Fri 05 August 2022Tabled Document'Trade and International Group - Executive Structure' tabled by Ms Kylie Bell, A/Managing Director, Investment NSW (pdf, 743.12 KB)
Fri 05 August 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle (Kathrina Lo) tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 14.48 MB)
Thu 04 August 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Upcoming hearing - 5 August 2022 (pdf, 141.94 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Answers to Questions on Notice 11 July 2022 - Ms Jenny West, former Deputy Secretary, Trade and International, Global NSW, Investment NSW - received 3 August 2022 (PDF, 212.25 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentClarification of responses in transcript for Ms Jenny West - 11 July 2022 hearing (PDF, 311.40 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentEmails from Nghia Nguyen-Le to Kylie Bell and Chris Carr, titled 'Minister update on International Network roll out – next steps' dated 12 October 2021 tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 637.15 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentMedia articles relating to the appointment of Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner – Americas, labelled 'Tender bundle 002', dated 3 August 2022 tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 5.71 MB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentEmail correspondence from the office of the Minister for Trade and Industry to Office of the Chief Executive, Investment NSW, titled "Fwd: STICs update request", Dated 8 and 9 November 2021 tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 992.63 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentEmail correspondence between the Secretary of the Department of Regional NSW and NGS Global, regarding a referee check for Mr Barilaro, dated 17 March 2022 tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 229.15 KB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentNews article by Linda Silmalis published in the Daily Telegraph, titled 'Kerry Chikarosvki was considered for New York Trade commissioner role', dated 23 July 2022, tabled by the Hon Courtney Houssos MLC (pdf, 4.51 MB)
Wed 03 August 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments relating to appointment of Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner - Americas, labelled 'Tender bundle', dated 3 August 2022, tendered by Mr Mookhey (pdf, 54.41 MB)
Mon 01 August 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Upcoming hearing (pdf, 120.00 KB)
Mon 25 July 2022Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Amy Brown, Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and former CEO of Investment NSW (pdf, 146.76 KB)
Wed 20 July 2022Correspondence Email - from secretariat to Mr John Barilaro (pdf, 186.61 KB)
Wed 20 July 2022Correspondence Letter - from Office of the Premier to Chair (pdf, 13.38 MB)
Tue 19 July 2022Correspondence Email from the secretariat to the Hon Peter Hall, Chief Commissioner, ICAC (pdf, 181.55 KB)
Tue 19 July 2022Tabled DocumentTender Bundle (Joseph Brayford) tabled by Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 7.52 MB)
Tue 19 July 2022Tabled DocumentTender Bundle (Chris Carr) tabled by Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 11.71 MB)
Mon 18 July 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Third hearing (pdf, 117.34 KB)
Mon 18 July 2022Correspondence Letter from Mr Mark Connell, former Chief of Staff to Mr John Barilaro, providing a statement regarding the appointment of Mr John Barilaro (pdf, 742.11 KB)
Mon 18 July 2022Correspondence Email - from Office of Minister Ayres to secretariat (pdf, 159.65 KB)
Tue 12 July 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Advising ICAC (pdf, 118.59 KB)
Mon 11 July 2022Tabled DocumentDocuments regarding the application, recruitment process for the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas role and the events that followed, tabled by Ms Jenny West, former Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW (pdf, 18.04 MB)
Fri 08 July 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Second hearing (pdf, 141.37 KB)
Wed 29 June 2022Tabled DocumentTender bundle (29 June 2022) tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 12.18 MB)
Wed 29 June 2022Tabled DocumentDocument entitled 'Statement from Investment NSW', tabled by the Hon Daniel Mookhey MLC (pdf, 81.14 KB)
Tue 28 June 2022Media ReleaseAppointment of Mr Barilaro - Upcoming hearing (pdf, 143.39 KB)
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