Labor claims Michaelia Cash avoiding scrutiny in AWU raid investigation | Australia news I The Guardian
theguardian.com Paul Karp Michaelia Cash did not provide any additional information to police investigating the tipoff to the media about the raid on the Australian Workers’ Union headquarters, leading Labor to accuse her of refusing to cooperate with the police. Guardian Australia understands the former employment minister’s evidence to the police consisted of only a witness statement detailing her evidence already in the public domain and she was not asked follow-up questions. While Labor leapt on the revelation as a sign of Cash’s evasiveness on the AWU raid leak, sources close to Cash believe it supports her version of events that neither she nor her office is under investigation. The Australian Financial Review, which first reported the revelation , suggested the leak made Cash a victim of payback culture within the Liberal party after she helped depose Malcolm Turnbull in last week’s leadership clash. A senior