Jennifer West alleges she was removed from the $500,000-a-year position to avoid embarrassment to government ministers John Barilaro and Stuart Ayres.
Former public servant Jennifer West has launched a lawsuit against former deputy premier John Barilaro and former trade minister Stuart Ayres.
Jennifer West is accusing them of misfeasance in office, an accusation of wrongful exercise of authority that can only be levelled at public officials, and breach of contract, after the US job offer was withdrawn, and she was made redundant.In a statement of claim filed in the NSW Supreme Court, West alleged that the circumstances leading to the withdrawal of the appointment and the end of her employment were insulting and humiliating, and worthy of aggravated damages.
West, a former Deputy Secretary of Investment NSW, alleges she was originally told she had the New York job by Brown, her CEO. But the statement of claim said Barilaro then suggested the job be allocated by ministerial appointment, Cabinet agreed, and the offer was withdrawn.Kate Geraghty At a parliamentary inquiry last year, West said Brown had told her the New York role would become a “present for someone”. Barilaro, who had by then resigned from parliament, was appointed by Ayres. West was later made redundant from Investment NSW.On Monday, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said it had found no evidence of corrupt conduct by Barilaro after a seven-month investigation.
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