Michaelia Cash
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Michaelia Clare Cash is an Australia
n politician. She has been a Liberal Party
member of the Australian Senate
since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia
.
Cash was first elected to parliament at the 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 been elected to the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Regulations and Ordinances Committee.
In September 2010 Cash was made the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration.
Cash was born in the Perth
suburb of Subiaco
. In the 1990s she was a staffer to former Liberal senator Ross Lightfoot
, who she later succeeded in the Senate.
Cash is a long-standing member of the Liberal Party. 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 is a member of the state council and was the president of the Moore Division. She also served on the party's state executive.
Before becoming a senator for Western Australia, Cash was a senior lawyer with the national law firm Freehills, which she joined in 1999 as an articled clerk. 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
.
Cash holds a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics and journalism from Curtin University in Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Western Australia. She went on to achieve honours in law at the University of London.
She is married to Richard Price, a barrister and the brother of late political journalist Matt Price
. She is the daughter of Western Australian state MP George Cash
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. She has been a Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
member of the Australian Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
Cash was first elected to parliament at the 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 been elected to the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Regulations and Ordinances Committee.
In September 2010 Cash was made the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration.
Cash was born in the Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
suburb of Subiaco
Subiaco, Western Australia
Subiaco is an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated to the north west of Kings Park. Its Local Government Area is the City of Subiaco.-History:Prior to European settlement the area was home to the Noongar Indigenous people....
. In the 1990s she was a staffer to former Liberal senator Ross Lightfoot
Ross Lightfoot
Philip Ross Lightfoot is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Western Australia....
, who she later succeeded in the Senate.
Cash is a long-standing member of the Liberal Party. 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 is a member of the state council and was the president of the Moore Division. She also served on the party's state executive.
Before becoming a senator for Western Australia, Cash was a senior lawyer with the national law firm Freehills, which she joined in 1999 as an articled clerk. 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
Unfair dismissal
Unfair dismissal is the term used in UK labour law to describe an employer's action when terminating an employee's employment contrary to the requirements of the Employment Rights Act 1996...
.
Cash holds a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics and journalism from Curtin University in Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Western Australia. She went on to achieve honours in law at the University of London.
She is married to Richard Price, a barrister and the brother of late political journalist Matt Price
Matt Price
Matt Price was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper columnist. He was educated at Newman College, Churchands and the University of Western Australia, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984...
. She is the daughter of Western Australian state MP George Cash
George Cash
Samuel Ernest Cash, AM is a former Australian politician, who represented the Liberal Party....
.