5 years ago
TIME FOR CASH TO COME CLEAN
THE HON BRENDAN O’CONNOR
Senator Cash has nowhere to hide and no excuses left after today’s reports that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) will not lay charges despite Michaelia Cash’s office admitting to unlawfully leaking to the media the Registered Organisation Commission raid on AWU offices.
For more than a year, Senator Cash has used a Public Interest Immunity (PII) claim to avoid scrutiny and evade telling the truth. She must now come clean about her involvement in this scandal.
She can no longer rely on the criminal investigation to avoid answering questions about her role in leaking the details of an AFP raid to the media.
While Labor respects the independence of the AFP and the CDPP it has to be said that it is very disappointing that no charges are to be laid in a matter where Senator Cash confirmed to the Senate that a staffer confessed to a crime.
Senator Cash’s ongoing conduct is treating the Parliament and the Australian people with contempt.
For more than a year, Senator Cash has used a Public Interest Immunity (PII) claim to avoid scrutiny and evade telling the truth. She must now come clean about her involvement in this scandal.
She can no longer rely on the criminal investigation to avoid answering questions about her role in leaking the details of an AFP raid to the media.
While Labor respects the independence of the AFP and the CDPP it has to be said that it is very disappointing that no charges are to be laid in a matter where Senator Cash confirmed to the Senate that a staffer confessed to a crime.
Senator Cash’s ongoing conduct is treating the Parliament and the Australian people with contempt.