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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Michaelia Cash
| name = Michaelia Cash
| image = File:Michaelia Cash March 2014.jpg
| image = Michaelia Cash 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cash, 2014
| caption = Cash in 2018
| office = 38th [[Attorney-General of Australia]]
| office = [[Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate]]
| primeminister = [[Scott Morrison]]
| leader = [[Simon Birmingham]]
| term_start = 30 March 2021
| term_start = 23 May 2022
| term_end = 23 May 2022
| predecessor = [[Kristina Keneally]]
{{collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes|Ministerial offices {{nobold|2013–{{wj}}2022}}
| predecessor = [[Christian Porter]]
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| successor = [[Katy Gallagher]]
| office1 = [[Minister for Industrial Relations (Australia)|Minister for Industrial Relations]]
| office3 = [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate]]
| primeminister1 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| primeminister3 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| term_start1 = 30 March 2021
| term_start3 = 30 October 2020
| term_end1 = 23 May 2022
| term_end3 = 23 May 2022
| predecessor1 = [[Christian Porter]]
| predecessor3 = [[Simon Birmingham]]
| successor1 = [[Tony Burke]]
| successor3 = [[Don Farrell]]
| office2 = [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate]]
| office4 = [[Attorney-General of Australia]]
| term_start2 = 30 October 2020
| primeminister4 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| term_end2 = 23 May 2022
| term_start4 = 30 March 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Simon Birmingham]]
| term_end4 = 23 May 2022
| successor2 = [[Don Farrell]]
| predecessor4 = [[Christian Porter]]
| primeminister2 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| successor4 = [[Mark Dreyfus]]
| office3 = [[Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business]]
| office5 = [[Minister for Industrial Relations (Australia)|Minister for Industrial Relations]]
| term_start3 = 29 May 2019
| primeminister5 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| term_end3 = 30 March 2021
| term_start5 = 30 March 2021
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| term_end5 = 23 May 2022
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| predecessor3 = ''Herself'' {{small|(as Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education)}}
| primeminister3 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| predecessor5 = [[Christian Porter]]
|successor3 = [[Stuart Robert]]
| successor5 = [[Tony Burke]]
| office4 = [[Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education]]
| office6 = [[Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business]]
| term_start4 = 28 August 2018
| primeminister6 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| term_end4 = 29 May 2019
| term_start6 = 29 May 2019
| term_end6 = 30 March 2021
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| predecessor4 = [[Craig Laundy]] {{small|(as Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation)}}
| successor4 = ''Herself'' {{small|(as Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business)}}
| predecessor6 = Herself {{small|(as Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education)}}
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| successor6 = [[Stuart Robert]] {{small|(as Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business)}}
| primeminister4 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| office5 = [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]]
| office7 = [[Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education]]
| term_start5 = 20 December 2017
| primeminister7 = [[Scott Morrison]]
| term_end5 = 23 August 2018
| term_start7 = 28 August 2018
| term_end7 = 29 May 2019
| predecessor5 = {{unbulleted list|''Herself'' {{small|(as [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]])}}|[[Arthur Sinodinos]] {{small|(as [[Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science]])}} }}
| predecessor7 = [[Craig Laundy]]
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| successor5 = [[Kelly O'Dwyer]] {{small|(as [[Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations]])}}
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| successor7 = Herself {{small|(as Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business)}}
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| primeminister5 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| office6 = [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]]<br />Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service
| office8 = [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]]
| term_start6 = 21 September 2015
| primeminister8 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| term_end6 = 20 December 2017
| term_start8 = 20 December 2017
| predecessor6 = [[Eric Abetz]]
| term_end8 = 23 August 2018
| successor6 = ''Herself'' {{small|(as Minister for Jobs and Innovation)}}
| predecessor8 = Herself {{small|(as Minister for Employment)}}
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| successor8 = [[Kelly O'Dwyer]] {{small|(as Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations)}}
| primeminister6 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| office7 = [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]]
| office9 = [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]]
| term_start7 = 21 September 2015
| primeminister9 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| term_end7 = 20 December 2017
| term_start9 = 21 September 2015
| predecessor7 = [[Tony Abbott]]
| term_end9 = 20 December 2017
| successor7 = [[Kelly O'Dwyer]]
| predecessor9 = [[Eric Abetz]]
⚫
| successor9 = Herself {{small|(as Minister for Jobs and Innovation)}}
| primeminister7 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| office8 = [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women]]
| office10 = [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]]
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| primeminister10 = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| term_start8 = 18 September 2013{{efn|Cash served as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, while Prime Minister Abbott held the portfolio of Minister for Women, until 21 September 2015 following a [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015|leadership spill]], when Prime Minister Turnbull appointed Cash as Minister for Women.}}
| term_end8 = 21 September 2015
| term_start10 = 21 September 2015
| predecessor8 = [[Julie Collins]] (as Minister for Women)
| term_end10 = 20 December 2017
| predecessor10 = [[Tony Abbott]]
⚫
| successor8 = ''Herself'' (as Minister for Women)
| primeminister8 = [[Tony Abbott]]<br/>[[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| successor10 = [[Kelly O'Dwyer]]
| office9 = [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection|Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]]
| office11 = [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women]]
| primeminister11 = [[Tony Abbott]]
| term_start9 = 18 September 2013
| term_end9 = 21 September 2015
| term_start11 = 18 September 2013
| predecessor9 = [[Kate Lundy]]
| term_end11 = 21 September 2015
| predecessor11 = [[Julie Collins]]
| successor9 = [[James McGrath (Australian politician)|James McGrath]]
| successor11 = Herself (as Minister for Women){{collapsed infobox section end}}
| primeminister9 = [[Tony Abbott]]<br/>[[Malcolm Turnbull]]
}}
| office10 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]]
| office12 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]]
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| term_start10 = 1 July 2008
| term_end10 =
| term_start12 = 1 July 2008
| predecessor10 = [[Ross Lightfoot]]
| term_end12 =
| successor10 =
| predecessor12 = [[Ross Lightfoot]]
| successor12 =
| birth_name = Michaelia Clare Cash
| birth_name = Michaelia Clare Cash
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Subiaco, Western Australia]], Australia
| birth_place = [[Subiaco, Western Australia]], Australia
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| parents = [[George Cash]]
| parents = [[George Cash]]
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'''Michaelia Clare Cash''' (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who served as the 38th [[Attorney-General of Australia]] from 2021 to 2022 in the [[Morrison government|Morrison Government]]. She has been a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]] since 2008 and is a member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]].
'''Michaelia Clare Cash''' (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who served as the 38th [[Attorney-General of Australia]] from 2021 to 2022 in the [[Morrison government]]. She has been a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]] since 2008 and is a member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]].


As well as being Attorney-General in the [[Morrison government]], Cash also served as [[Minister for Industrial Relations (Australia)|Minister for Industrial Relations]] from 2021 to 2022, and [[Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business]] and [[Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education]] from 2018 to 2021. Previously, she served in the [[Turnbull government]] as the [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]] from 2017 to 2018 and [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]] and [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]] from 2015 to 2017.
As well as being Attorney-General in the [[Morrison government]], Cash also served as [[Minister for Industrial Relations (Australia)|Minister for Industrial Relations]] from 2021 to 2022, and [[Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business]] and [[Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education]] from 2018 to 2021. Previously, she served in the [[Turnbull government]] as the [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]] from 2017 to 2018 and [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]] and [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]] from 2015 to 2017.
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Cash was born on 19 July 1970 in [[Subiaco, Western Australia]].<ref name=aph>{{Cite Au Parliament |name=Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash |mpid=I0M |access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref> She is one of four children born to Ursula Clare Yelland and [[George Cash|Samuel Ernest "George" Cash]]. Her father, the owner of a construction company, was elected to state parliament in 1984 and served as [[President of the Western Australian Legislative Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/BFE86E8EEA48EBA6482577E50028A562?OpenDocument|title=Hon Samuel (George) Ernest Cash|work=Members’ biographical register|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/wa-mp-michaelia-cash-inspired-by-sister-joanna-who-lost-battle-with-cancer-ng-45b84be8bc0b113d37d3e343da82ef78|title=WA MP Michaelia Cash inspired by sister Joanna who lost battle with cancer|first=Joe|last=Spagnolo|publisher=PerthNow|date=20 December 2015|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> Cash grew up in the [[Perth]] suburb of [[Mount Lawley, Western Australia|Mount Lawley]].<ref name=cadzow>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/cat-loving-coffee-swilling-karaoke-singing-thatcher-fan-meet-attorney-general-michaelia-cash-20210624-p5843e.html|title=Cat-loving, coffee-swilling, karaoke-singing Thatcher fan: meet Attorney-General Michaelia Cash|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|first=Jane|last=Cadzow}}</ref> She was educated at [[Iona Presentation College]], a Catholic school in [[Mosman Park]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Andrew|title=It will take the strength of a Margaret Thatcher-like figure to reform IR|url=http://www.afr.com/news/politics/it-will-take-the-strength-of-a-margaret-thatcherlike-figure-to-reform-ir-20160106-gm0liq|access-date=4 March 2018|work=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
Cash was born on 19 July 1970 in [[Subiaco, Western Australia]].<ref name=aph>{{Cite Au Parliament |name=Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash |mpid=I0M |access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref> She is one of four children born to Ursula Clare Yelland and [[George Cash|Samuel Ernest "George" Cash]]. Her father, the owner of a construction company, was elected to state parliament in 1984 and served as [[President of the Western Australian Legislative Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/BFE86E8EEA48EBA6482577E50028A562?OpenDocument|title=Hon Samuel (George) Ernest Cash|work=Members’ biographical register|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/wa-mp-michaelia-cash-inspired-by-sister-joanna-who-lost-battle-with-cancer-ng-45b84be8bc0b113d37d3e343da82ef78|title=WA MP Michaelia Cash inspired by sister Joanna who lost battle with cancer|first=Joe|last=Spagnolo|publisher=PerthNow|date=20 December 2015|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> Cash grew up in the [[Perth]] suburb of [[Mount Lawley, Western Australia|Mount Lawley]].<ref name=cadzow>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/cat-loving-coffee-swilling-karaoke-singing-thatcher-fan-meet-attorney-general-michaelia-cash-20210624-p5843e.html|title=Cat-loving, coffee-swilling, karaoke-singing Thatcher fan: meet Attorney-General Michaelia Cash|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|first=Jane|last=Cadzow}}</ref> She was educated at [[Iona Presentation College]], a Catholic school in [[Mosman Park]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Andrew|title=It will take the strength of a Margaret Thatcher-like figure to reform IR|url=http://www.afr.com/news/politics/it-will-take-the-strength-of-a-margaret-thatcherlike-figure-to-reform-ir-20160106-gm0liq|access-date=4 March 2018|work=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|date=8 January 2016}}</ref>


Cash graduated from [[Curtin University of Technology|Curtin University]] in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics, and journalism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jauk|first1=Daniel|title=Curtin graduate appointed Minister for Women and Minister for Employment|url=http://news.curtin.edu.au/stories/curtin-graduate-appointed-minister-for-women-and-minister-for-employment/|access-date=4 March 2018|publisher=[[Curtin University]]|date=6 October 2015}}</ref> She also holds an Honours Degree in Law from the [[University of London]] and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the [[University of Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Azadeh|title=Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Senator Michaelia Cash's Journey From Lawyer to Workplace Reformer|url=http://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/posts/senator-cash-workplace-reform|access-date=4 March 2018|publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]]|date=5 April 2016}}</ref> After graduating from Curtin she spent three years backpacking overseas, travelling through Israel, Egypt and Turkey.<ref name=cadzow/>
Cash graduated from [[Curtin University of Technology|Curtin University]] in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics, and journalism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jauk|first1=Daniel|title=Curtin graduate appointed Minister for Women and Minister for Employment|url=http://news.curtin.edu.au/stories/curtin-graduate-appointed-minister-for-women-and-minister-for-employment/|access-date=4 March 2018|publisher=[[Curtin University]]|date=6 October 2015}}</ref> She also holds an Honours Degree in Law from the [[University of London]] and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the [[University of Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Azadeh|title=Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Senator Michaelia Cash's Journey From Lawyer to Workplace Reformer|url=http://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/posts/senator-cash-workplace-reform|access-date=4 March 2018|publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]]|date=5 April 2016}}</ref> After graduating from Curtin she spent three years backpacking overseas, travelling mostly through Israel, Egypt and Turkey.<ref name=cadzow/>


Cash joined the Liberal Party in 1988.<ref name=cadzow/> She was an executive member of the Curtin University Young Liberals from 1988 to 1990 and then the Western Australian Young Liberal Movement where she held numerous positions including State Vice-President. She was a long-time member of the Liberal Party of Western Australia's State Council and was the President of the Moore Division. She has also served on the Party's state executive.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
Cash joined the Liberal Party in 1988.<ref name=cadzow/> She was an executive member of the Curtin University Young Liberals from 1988 to 1990 and then the Western Australian Young Liberal Movement where she held numerous positions including State Vice-President. She was a long-time member of the Liberal Party of Western Australia's State Council and was the President of the Moore Division. She has also served on the Party's state executive.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}


Prior to her political career, Cash was a solicitor with the law firm [[Freehills]] where she worked from 1999 to 2008. She practised in all areas of employment and industrial law including industrial relations, employee relations, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity, executive employment and [[unfair dismissal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/posts/senator-cash-workplace-reform|title=Senator Michaelia Cash's Journey From Lawyer to Workplace Reformer|date=5 April 2016|work=Legal Insight|access-date=10 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
Prior to her political career, Cash was a solicitor with the law firm [[Freehills]] where she worked from 1999 to 2008. She practised in all areas of employment and industrial law including industrial relations, employee relations, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity, executive employment and [[unfair dismissal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/posts/senator-cash-workplace-reform|title=Senator Michaelia Cash's Journey From Lawyer to Workplace Reformer|date=5 April 2016|work=Legal Insight|access-date=10 January 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
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Cash won preselection for the Liberal Party Senate ticket in 2007 and went on to be elected to the Federal Parliament at the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 federal election]]. She contested the election as the number three candidate of the Liberal Senate ticket in Western Australia.
Cash won preselection for the Liberal Party Senate ticket in 2007 and went on to be elected to the Federal Parliament at the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 federal election]]. She contested the election as the number three candidate of the Liberal Senate ticket in Western Australia.


Since entering Federal Parliament Cash has served on many Senate Committees and was also a Temporary Chair of Committees between February and September 2010. In September 2010, while in opposition, Cash was promoted to the positions of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration. At this time Cash was also appointed Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.
Since joining Federal Parliament, Cash has served on numerous Senate Committees and held the role of Temporary Chair of Committees from February to September 2010. In September 2010, while in opposition, Cash was elevated to the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration. During this period, Cash was also appointed Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.


After the election of the [[Abbott Government]] in September 2013, Cash was sworn in as the [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection#List of Assistant Ministers for Immigration and Border Protection|Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]], as well as the [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women]]. Following a leadership change that led to the formation of the [[Turnbull Government]], Cash was sworn in on 21 September 2015 as the [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]], the [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]], and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-cabinet/6790098 |title=Malcolm Turnbull announces new Cabinet in 'process of renewal', drops Joe Hockey, Eric Abetz |work=ABC |location=Australia |access-date=21 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/turnbull-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-going-where/6775446 |title=Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle:Who's going where? |work=ABC |location=Australia |access-date=21 September 2015 }}</ref>
After the election of the [[Abbott government]] in September 2013, Cash was sworn in as the [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection#List of Assistant Ministers for Immigration and Border Protection|Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]], as well as the [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women]]. Following a leadership change that led to the formation of the [[Turnbull government]], Cash was sworn in on 21 September 2015 as the [[Minister for Employment (Australia)|Minister for Employment]], the [[Minister for Women (Australia)|Minister for Women]], and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-cabinet/6790098 |title=Malcolm Turnbull announces new Cabinet in 'process of renewal', drops Joe Hockey, Eric Abetz |work=ABC |location=Australia |access-date=21 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/turnbull-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-going-where/6775446 |title=Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle:Who's going where? |work=ABC |location=Australia |access-date=21 September 2015 }}</ref>


In October 2017, the [[Australian Workers' Union]] offices were raided by the Australian Federal Police, and media were tipped off prior to the event. Cash advised the Senate Estimates that a staffer of hers found out about the raid from "a media source" and then spread the word to more journalists, having previously denied to an Estimates hearing on the previous day that her office had any involvement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash's Office Tipped-Off Media About AFP Raids, And A Staffer Has Now Resigned|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/afp-raids|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash admits staffer told media about federal police raids on AWU offices; Labor calls for her head|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/cash-staffer-resigns-over-awu-raids/9086214|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> The staffer in question resigned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rebel Wilson's Lawyer Is Part Of The Court Case About Michaelia Cash's Office And The Union Raids|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/do-you-think-rebel-wilson-knows-who-michaelia-cash-is|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref> Cash was ordered to turn over documents in her department relating to the raid.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash Will Be Forced To Hand Over Any Documents About Leaks Of AWU Police Raids|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/michaelia-cash-will-be-forced-to-hand-over-any-documents|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref> Cash's legal fees for her response to a federal court subpoena were paid for through taxpayer funding.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Paul |title=Taxpayers to foot legal bill for Michaelia Cash's union raid court case |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/19/taxpayers-to-foot-a-legal-bill-for-michaelia-cashs-union-raid-court-case |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=the Guardian |date=19 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The raids were eventually held to be valid by the Full Federal Court in November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hannan |first1=Ewin |title=ROC vows to kickstart AWU probe after court win |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/roc-vows-to-kickstart-awu-probe-after-court-win/news-story/b538152f535b26cd452f6ad77b4c2611 |access-date=3 April 2021 |work=The Australian |publisher=Nationwide News Pty Ltd |date=21 November 2020}}</ref>
In October 2017, the [[Australian Workers' Union]] offices were raided by the Australian Federal Police, and media were tipped off prior to the event. Cash advised the Senate Estimates that a staffer of hers found out about the raid from "a media source" and then spread the word to more journalists, having previously denied to an Estimates hearing on the previous day that her office had any involvement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash's Office Tipped-Off Media About AFP Raids, And A Staffer Has Now Resigned|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/afp-raids|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash admits staffer told media about federal police raids on AWU offices; Labor calls for her head|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/cash-staffer-resigns-over-awu-raids/9086214|access-date=5 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> The staffer in question resigned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rebel Wilson's Lawyer Is Part Of The Court Case About Michaelia Cash's Office And The Union Raids|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/do-you-think-rebel-wilson-knows-who-michaelia-cash-is|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref> Cash was ordered to turn over documents in her department relating to the raid.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michaelia Cash Will Be Forced To Hand Over Any Documents About Leaks Of AWU Police Raids|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/michaelia-cash-will-be-forced-to-hand-over-any-documents|access-date=1 March 2018|work=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref> Cash's legal fees for her response to a federal court subpoena were paid for through taxpayer funding.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Paul |title=Taxpayers to foot legal bill for Michaelia Cash's union raid court case |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/19/taxpayers-to-foot-a-legal-bill-for-michaelia-cashs-union-raid-court-case |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=the Guardian |date=19 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The raids were eventually held to be valid by the Full Federal Court in November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hannan |first1=Ewin |title=ROC vows to kickstart AWU probe after court win |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/roc-vows-to-kickstart-awu-probe-after-court-win/news-story/b538152f535b26cd452f6ad77b4c2611 |access-date=3 April 2021 |work=The Australian |publisher=Nationwide News Pty Ltd|date= 21 November 2020}}</ref>


In a December 2017 [[Second Turnbull Ministry#Fourth arrangement|ministerial reshuffle]], Cash was appointed to the new position of [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]].<ref name="Turnbull2nd-4thAR">{{cite press release|quote=Senator Michaelia Cash will become Minister for Jobs and Innovation, charged with harnessing the policies of the government to create more jobs and job opportunities. Senator Cash will be a key part of the Government’s economic team working to deliver on our commitment of more jobs, more investment, and stronger economic growth.|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ministerial-arrangements-2|title=Ministerial Arrangements|date=19 December 2017|publisher=[[Government of Australia]]|author=Turnbull, Malcolm|author-link=Malcolm Turnbull|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313005337/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ministerial-arrangements-2|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The employment portfolio was abolished, while [[Kelly O'Dwyer]] assumed responsibility for both the Women and Public Service portfolios.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/jobs-and-innovation-a-good-fit-for-cash/news-story/31677452b14d4095b2585bc4ea0fadde |title=Jobs and innovation a good fit for Cash |work=The Australian |date=20 December 2017 |access-date=20 December 2017 }}</ref>
In a December 2017 [[Second Turnbull Ministry#Fourth arrangement|ministerial reshuffle]], Cash was appointed to the new position of [[Minister for Jobs and Innovation]].<ref name="Turnbull2nd-4thAR">{{cite press release|quote=Senator Michaelia Cash will become Minister for Jobs and Innovation, charged with harnessing the policies of the government to create more jobs and job opportunities. Senator Cash will be a key part of the Government’s economic team working to deliver on our commitment of more jobs, more investment, and stronger economic growth.|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ministerial-arrangements-2|title=Ministerial Arrangements|date=19 December 2017|publisher=[[Government of Australia]]|author=Turnbull, Malcolm|author-link=Malcolm Turnbull|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313005337/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ministerial-arrangements-2|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The employment portfolio was abolished, while [[Kelly O'Dwyer]] assumed responsibility for both the Women and Public Service portfolios.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/jobs-and-innovation-a-good-fit-for-cash/news-story/31677452b14d4095b2585bc4ea0fadde |title=Jobs and innovation a good fit for Cash |work=The Australian |date=20 December 2017 |access-date=20 December 2017 }}</ref>
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Cash offered her resignation from the frontbench on 22 August 2018, during the events of the [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018]].<ref name="abc23">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/live-peter-dutton-poised-to-challenge-malcolm-turnbull-again/10155008 |title=Malcolm Turnbull faces fresh leadership challenge from Peter Dutton |last1=Sweeney |first1=Lucy |last2=Belot |first2=Henry |date=23 August 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]}}</ref> [[Scott Morrison]] replaced [[Malcolm Turnbull|Turnbull]] as Prime Minister two days later on 24 August 2018. Cash was then appointed the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education in the [[First Morrison Ministry]].
Cash offered her resignation from the frontbench on 22 August 2018, during the events of the [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018]].<ref name="abc23">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/live-peter-dutton-poised-to-challenge-malcolm-turnbull-again/10155008 |title=Malcolm Turnbull faces fresh leadership challenge from Peter Dutton |last1=Sweeney |first1=Lucy |last2=Belot |first2=Henry |date=23 August 2018 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]}}</ref> [[Scott Morrison]] replaced [[Malcolm Turnbull|Turnbull]] as Prime Minister two days later on 24 August 2018. Cash was then appointed the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education in the [[First Morrison Ministry]].


In the [[Second Morrison Ministry]], Cash was appointed the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business in May 2019. In October 2020, she was additionally appointed the [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/simon-birmingham/media-release/appointment-minister-finance|title=Appointment as Minister for Finance|publisher=Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment|date=30 October 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/minister-finance-and-senate-leadership|title=Minister for Finance and Senate leadership|publisher=Prime Minister of Australia|date=8 October 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
In the [[Second Morrison Ministry]], Cash was appointed the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business in May 2019. In October 2020, she was additionally appointed the [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/simon-birmingham/media-release/appointment-minister-finance|title=Appointment as Minister for Finance|publisher=Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment|date=30 October 2020|access-date=12 November 2020|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227072231/https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/simon-birmingham/media-release/appointment-minister-finance|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/minister-finance-and-senate-leadership|title=Minister for Finance and Senate leadership|publisher=Prime Minister of Australia|date=8 October 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

On 29 March 2021, it was announced that Cash would be appointed as Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations in a cabinet reshuffle replacing [[Christian Porter]], following advice from the solicitor-general that Porter could not remain Attorney General while taking legal action against the ABC and their reporting on allegations of historic sexual assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/christian-porter-sues-abc-and-reporter-louise-milligan-for-defamation-157140|title=Christian Porter sues ABC and reporter Louise Milligan for defamation|date=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-29/scott-morrison-reshuffles-cabinet-reynolds-porter-dutton/100035484|title=Scott Morrison moves Christian Porter, Linda Reynolds and Peter Dutton in Cabinet reshuffle|newspaper=ABC News |date=29 March 2021}}</ref> She was sworn in the following day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ministry-list-20210330.pdf|title=Second Morrison Ministry|date=30 March 2021}}</ref>

Cash would become caught up in the controversy of the [[2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations]]. Having employed Ms Higgins’ after she left Linda Reynolds’ office, Cash has been accused of aiding the coverup, following allegations she was aware of incident and may have mistreated the young staffer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/brittany-higgins-michaelia-cash-rejects-claims-she-knew-of-rape-allegation-while-ex-staffer-worked-for-her-c-8567560|title=Brittany Higgins: Michaelia Cash rejects claims she knew of rape allegation while ex-staffer worked for her|date=17 October 2022}}</ref> Cash rejects claims she knew of rape allegation while the ex-staffer worked for her, calling for the five hour recording of her conversations with Higgins be released to the National Anti Corruption Commission in order for "the public to listen to themselves that five hour recording."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/michaelia-cash-denies-mistreatment-of-brittany-higgins/news-story/151f1b5a3e682ad4ec8ea12d01a7dd1c|title=Michaelia Cash denies mistreatment of Brittany Higgins|date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

In October 2023, Cash spoke on an unsuccessful motion to overturn [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]] legislative rights to decriminalise possession laws for some drugs, claiming that tourists will come down the Hume Highway for the “ACT party lifestyle” and can do “about 15 lines” in the ACT because of its laws.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102995412 | title=WA senator Michaelia Cash fails to override incoming ACT drug-decriminalisation laws, which she likens to 'parking fine scheme' - ABC News }}</ref> Cash’s comments were widely ridiculed and followed comments from her ACT Liberal counterparts that the federal government shouldn’t interfere with ACT’s laws.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://the-riotact.com/clear-unmistakable-breach-of-our-territory-rights-federal-senate-rejects-cashs-attempt-to-stop-acts-drug-decriminalisation-law/713470 | title='Clear, unmistakable breach of our Territory rights': Federal Senate rejects Cash's attempt to stop ACT's drug decriminalisation law }}</ref>


In May 2024 , Cash accused Labor senator [[Fatima Payman]] of supporting terrorists and tried to force [[Penny Wong]] to say whether Payman had been reprimanded for her comments in supporting Palestine during which Payman accused Israel of committing [[genocide]] against Palestinian in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] during [[Israel–Hamas war|Hamas-Israel war]], and Payman use of the phrase '[[from the river to the sea]] Palestine will be free' .<ref>{{Cite news |last=ParlView |first=Source |date=2024-05-17 |title=Australian parliament in chaos as Fatima Payman accused of 'supporting terrorists' - video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2024/may/17/australian-parliament-in-chaos-as-fatima-payman-accused-of-supporting-terrorists-video-ntwnfb |access-date=2024-06-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Anger over 'terrorist' comment |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/anger-over-terrorist-095000732.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
On 29 March 2021, it was announced that Cash would be appointed as Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations in a cabinet reshuffle replacing [[Christian Porter]]. She was sworn in the following day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ministry-list-20210330.pdf|title=Second Morrison Ministry|date=30 March 2021}}</ref>


Cash is a member of the [[National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)|National Right]] faction of the Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massola |first1=James |title=Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/who-s-who-in-the-liberals-left-right-and-centre-factions-20210303-p577gv.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 March 2021 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
Cash is a member of the [[National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)|National Right]] faction of the Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massola |first1=James |title=Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/who-s-who-in-the-liberals-left-right-and-centre-factions-20210303-p577gv.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 March 2021 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Massola |first1=James |title=How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/how-morrison-s-shattering-defeat-gave-dutton-a-seismic-shift-in-factional-power-20230330-p5cwoq.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 April 2023 |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref>


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Senator The Honourable
Michaelia Cash
Cash in 2018
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2022
LeaderSimon Birmingham
Preceded byKristina Keneally
Ministerial offices 2013–⁠2022
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office
30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded bySimon Birmingham
Succeeded byDon Farrell
Attorney-General of Australia
In office
30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byChristian Porter
Succeeded byMark Dreyfus
Minister for Industrial Relations
In office
30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byChristian Porter
Succeeded byTony Burke
Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
In office
29 May 2019 – 30 March 2021
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byHerself (as Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education)
Succeeded byStuart Robert (as Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business)
Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education
In office
28 August 2018 – 29 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byCraig Laundy
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business)
Minister for Jobs and Innovation
In office
20 December 2017 – 23 August 2018
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byHerself (as Minister for Employment)
Succeeded byKelly O'Dwyer (as Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations)
Minister for Employment
In office
21 September 2015 – 20 December 2017
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byEric Abetz
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Jobs and Innovation)
Minister for Women
In office
21 September 2015 – 20 December 2017
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byTony Abbott
Succeeded byKelly O'Dwyer
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women
In office
18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Preceded byJulie Collins
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Women)
Senator for Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2008
Preceded byRoss Lightfoot
Personal details
Born
Michaelia Clare Cash

(1970-07-19) 19 July 1970 (age 54)
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal
ParentGeorge Cash
Alma mater

Michaelia Clare Cash (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who served as the 38th Attorney-General of Australia from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2008 and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

As well as being Attorney-General in the Morrison government, Cash also served as Minister for Industrial Relations from 2021 to 2022, and Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business and Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education from 2018 to 2021. Previously, she served in the Turnbull government as the Minister for Jobs and Innovation from 2017 to 2018 and Minister for Employment and Minister for Women from 2015 to 2017.

Early life

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Cash was born on 19 July 1970 in Subiaco, Western Australia.[1] She is one of four children born to Ursula Clare Yelland and Samuel Ernest "George" Cash. Her father, the owner of a construction company, was elected to state parliament in 1984 and served as President of the Western Australian Legislative Council.[2][3] Cash grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley.[4] She was educated at Iona Presentation College, a Catholic school in Mosman Park.[5]

Cash graduated from Curtin University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics, and journalism.[6] She also holds an Honours Degree in Law from the University of London and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Western Australia.[7] After graduating from Curtin she spent three years backpacking overseas, travelling mostly through Israel, Egypt and Turkey.[4]

Cash joined the Liberal Party in 1988.[4] She was an executive member of the Curtin University Young Liberals from 1988 to 1990 and then the Western Australian Young Liberal Movement where she held numerous positions including State Vice-President. She was a long-time member of the Liberal Party of Western Australia's State Council and was the President of the Moore Division. She has also served on the Party's state executive.[citation needed]

Prior to her political career, Cash was a solicitor with the law firm Freehills where she worked from 1999 to 2008. She practised in all areas of employment and industrial law including industrial relations, employee relations, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity, executive employment and unfair dismissal.[8]

Political career

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Cash won preselection for the Liberal Party Senate ticket in 2007 and went on to be elected to the Federal Parliament at the 2007 federal election. She contested the election as the number three candidate of the Liberal Senate ticket in Western Australia.

Since joining Federal Parliament, Cash has served on numerous Senate Committees and held the role of Temporary Chair of Committees from February to September 2010. In September 2010, while in opposition, Cash was elevated to the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration. During this period, Cash was also appointed Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate.

After the election of the Abbott government in September 2013, Cash was sworn in as the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, as well as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women. Following a leadership change that led to the formation of the Turnbull government, Cash was sworn in on 21 September 2015 as the Minister for Employment, the Minister for Women, and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service.[9][10]

In October 2017, the Australian Workers' Union offices were raided by the Australian Federal Police, and media were tipped off prior to the event. Cash advised the Senate Estimates that a staffer of hers found out about the raid from "a media source" and then spread the word to more journalists, having previously denied to an Estimates hearing on the previous day that her office had any involvement.[11][12] The staffer in question resigned.[13] Cash was ordered to turn over documents in her department relating to the raid.[14] Cash's legal fees for her response to a federal court subpoena were paid for through taxpayer funding.[15] The raids were eventually held to be valid by the Full Federal Court in November 2020.[16]

In a December 2017 ministerial reshuffle, Cash was appointed to the new position of Minister for Jobs and Innovation.[17] The employment portfolio was abolished, while Kelly O'Dwyer assumed responsibility for both the Women and Public Service portfolios.[18]

Cash has been criticised for refusing to release a report into an 18-year-old who died while on a Work for the Dole assignment in April 2016. At the time, Cash promised to release the report within a month, as of April 2018 the final report was not completed, and an internal report to Cash completed in September 2016 had not been released.[19]

Cash offered her resignation from the frontbench on 22 August 2018, during the events of the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018.[20] Scott Morrison replaced Turnbull as Prime Minister two days later on 24 August 2018. Cash was then appointed the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education in the First Morrison Ministry.

In the Second Morrison Ministry, Cash was appointed the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business in May 2019. In October 2020, she was additionally appointed the Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate.[21][22]

On 29 March 2021, it was announced that Cash would be appointed as Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations in a cabinet reshuffle replacing Christian Porter, following advice from the solicitor-general that Porter could not remain Attorney General while taking legal action against the ABC and their reporting on allegations of historic sexual assault.[23][24] She was sworn in the following day.[25]

Cash would become caught up in the controversy of the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations. Having employed Ms Higgins’ after she left Linda Reynolds’ office, Cash has been accused of aiding the coverup, following allegations she was aware of incident and may have mistreated the young staffer.[26] Cash rejects claims she knew of rape allegation while the ex-staffer worked for her, calling for the five hour recording of her conversations with Higgins be released to the National Anti Corruption Commission in order for "the public to listen to themselves that five hour recording."[27]

In October 2023, Cash spoke on an unsuccessful motion to overturn ACT legislative rights to decriminalise possession laws for some drugs, claiming that tourists will come down the Hume Highway for the “ACT party lifestyle” and can do “about 15 lines” in the ACT because of its laws.[28] Cash’s comments were widely ridiculed and followed comments from her ACT Liberal counterparts that the federal government shouldn’t interfere with ACT’s laws.[29]

In May 2024 , Cash accused Labor senator Fatima Payman of supporting terrorists and tried to force Penny Wong to say whether Payman had been reprimanded for her comments in supporting Palestine during which Payman accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinian in Gaza during Hamas-Israel war, and Payman use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea Palestine will be free' .[30][31]

Cash is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.[32][33]

Personal life

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Cash is married to Richard Price, a barrister. They met while working together at the same law firm. Price is the brother of late political journalist Matt Price.[4]

Cash was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 25, which progressed into psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. She was unable to have children due to the associated medication, and "also never wanted to risk passing on a chronic illness to another person".[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hon Samuel (George) Ernest Cash". Members’ biographical register. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Senator for Western Australia
2008–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
2020–2022 		Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by Attorney-General of Australia
2021–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Industrial Relations
2021–2022 		Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by
Herself
as Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education 		Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
2019–2022 		Succeeded byas Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business
Preceded byas Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Herself
as Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Preceded by
Herself
as Minister for Employment 		Minister for Jobs and Innovation
2017–2018 		Succeeded byas Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations
Preceded byas Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
Preceded by Minister for Employment
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Herself
as Minister for Jobs and Innovation
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Women
2015–2017
Preceded byas Minister for the Status of Women Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Herself
as Minister for Women
Preceded byas Minister for Home Affairs Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
2013–2015 		Succeeded by
Portfolio abolished
Preceded byas Minister for Multicultural Affairs
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