Minister Cash has now admitted a staffer from her office tipped off media<\/a> about a police raid on the Australian Workers Union earlier this week, despite earlier telling the Senate her office was not involved in any way.<\/p>\n Meanwhile Labor frontbencher Tony Burke said:<\/p>\n Pressure is mounting on Michaelia Cash to quit the frontbench over the AWU fiasco https:\/\/t.co\/8iTGBJJb21<\/a> #auspol<\/a><\/p>— smh.com.au (@smh) October 25, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>
\n“Without my knowledge, one staff member in my office — in the course of discussions with journalists — indicated that he had received information that a raid may take place,” Ms Cash said on Wednesday.<\/h3>\n
“I am advised that this information came from a media source. I was not aware of it at the time and was not aware of it earlier today at Senate estimates. This took place without my knowledge and was not authorised by me.”<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThere needs to be a resignation here because it defies credulity that Senator Cash gave false information five times to the Senate and her staff said nothing.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n