Australia news live: ‘I wish I had never had applied’ for trade role, John Barilaro tells inquiry

Barilaro: ‘I wish I had never applied’ for trade job and ‘walked into shit show’

Christopher Knaus

John Barilaro is asked whether he still believes he was afforded the same appointment process as other candidates. He says he couldn’t comment, but adds:

I will say this, if I knew what I know now I wish I had never applied. If I knew what I knew now I wouldn’t have walked into a shit show. And I will use those terms because the trauma I have experienced in the past few weeks is…