Pressure mounts on employment minister over union raids

Australian Employment Minister Michaelia Cash speaks during Senate estimate hearings at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, October 26, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Australian Employment Minister Michaelia Cash during Senate estimate hearings at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is standing firm as questions mount around her involvement in a media leak. Senator Cash has been forced to admit it was her office who tipped off the media about police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers Union, with the staffer responsible having resigned.

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Published 26 October 2017 7:14pm

By Andrea Nierhoff

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Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is standing firm as questions mount around her involvement in a media leak. Senator Cash has been forced to admit it was her office who tipped off the media about police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers Union, with the staffer responsible having resigned.

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