Cash under pressure over tipoff of media on AWU raids

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is under pressure to resign after admitting one of her staff alerted the media about Tuesday's raids on Australian Workers' Union offices. Senator Cash repeatedly told Senate Estimates yesterday (wed) her office had no role in tipping off the media before the raids happened. But last night, she withdrew that evidence after her senior media adviser confessed to being responsible for alerting journalists.

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is defending herself after telling parliament yesterday (wed) her office did not tip off the media but now acknowledging it did.

 

Senator Cash returned to the Senate Estimates committee hearing last night to withdraw her original comments.

 

Instead, she put on record that her now former senior media adviser, David De Garis, did alert the media in advance of the raids