Michaelia Cash accused of 'no shame' in declining to speak to police about AWU raids

Penny Wong says response is ‘extraordinary’ as Senate estimates reveal Cash’s legal representation in court case has cost taxpayers $288,812

Michaelia Cash has been accused of showing “no shame” for refusing to speak to police about the leak to media from her office of raids on the Australian Workers’ Union headquarters.

The Labor senator Penny Wong made the accusation after two gruelling Senate estimates sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday revealed that Cash’s legal representation in the AWU’s federal court case has cost taxpayers $289,000.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2SPTm3C
via
0 Comments