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 NSW’s top UK trade envoy.

Stephen Cartright (Image: LinkedIn)
Stephen Cartright (Image: LinkedIn)

MPs running a NSW parliamentary inquiry into trade job appointments hope to hear from Stephen Cartwright, the state’s agent-general to the UK, twice in the coming weeks, Crikey can reveal.

Cartwright has emerged as one of the key figures in the long-running trade job saga that has consumed the NSW government in recent months, but has yet to tell his side of the story.

He is scheduled to appear at a hearing Wednesday morning, when he will beam into Parliament from the state’s London trade office.

Read more about the NSW inquiry in the application process of the state’s top UK trade envoy.

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