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| The Guardian: Michaelia Cash giving evidence before Senate educaion & employment committee, Parlview video, Feb 2018 |
The Federal Court has
ordered embattled Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash to give evidence in the court
case over last year's raids on the headquarters of the Australian Workers
Union.
Court documents seen by
Fairfax Media show a subpoena has been issued for Senator Cash to attend court
on August 1.
The minister has been
under pressure over her role in a federal police raid conducted on AWU offices
in Melbourne in October, details of which were leaked to the media in advance.
Senator Cash's former
staffer David de Garis - who has also been ordered to give evidence - took the
blame for tipping off journalists and subsequently resigned.
Senator Cash has said
she was unaware of the tip-offs. She was due to appear at a Senate estimates
hearing on Wednesday but sent the assistant minister Zed Seselja instead….
She previously failed in
an attempt to stop subpoenas for communications between her office and the ROC
about the raids….
Mr Turnbull has so far
stood by his minister.
