ONE YEAR LATER IT IS TIME FOR CASH TO COME CLEAN

Tomorrow marks one year since Minister Cash was engulfed in the scandal which saw her office admit to unlawfully leaking to the media the Registered Organisation Commission raid on AWU offices, and it is more than time she answered questions. 

Once again, Labor calls on Senator Cash to stop avoiding scrutiny and finally tell the truth following evidence in Senate Estimates today that the Australian Federal Police has completed its investigation into the unlawful leaks.

 

The AFP told Senate estimates today that their investigation into the unlawful leak is complete and a full brief of evidence was forwarded to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions on the 20th August 2018.

 

 

Yet, even though the investigation is complete, we still do not know whether Minister Cash cooperated with the AFP.  Did she provide a witness statement? Was she interviewed as a suspect?

 

Unanswered questions also remain as to how far this scandal extends regarding the involvement of other Ministerial offices, with the AFP admitting that other Ministerial offices have provided information to the investigation.

 

 

It is now a year since the Government’s politicisation of the ROC was sensationally exposed. It is a year since Minister Cash misled the Senate five times by falsely denying that her office was the source of the leak. It is a year since the AFP launched a criminal investigation into the leak

 

Yet, Minister Cash is still hiding from scrutiny.

Senator Cash’s conduct is treating the Parliament and the Australian people with contempt.