Michaelia Cash
Senate · Liberal Party of Australia · Liberal National Right
Biography
Michaelia Clare Cash (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Western Australia since 2008. A member of the Liberal Party, she has served as the leader of the Opposition in the Senate since 2025 and served as a minister in the Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments from 2013 to 2022. As well as being Attorney-General in the Morrison government, Cash also served as Minister for Industrial Relations from 2021 to 2022, and Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business and Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education from 2018 to 2021. Previously, she served in the Turnbull government as the Minister for Jobs and…
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- Date of birth
- 1970-07-19
- Place of birth
- Subiaco, Australia
- APH identifier
- I0M
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Ben Small · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Garth Hamilton · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Garth Hamilton · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Aaron Violi · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Simon Kennedy · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Andrew Hastie · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 17 February 2026–presentShadow Attorney-General
- 28 May 2025–17 February 2026Shadow Minister — for — Foreign Affairs
- 25 January 2025–presentLeader of the Opposition — in the — Senate
- 18 April 2023–28 May 2025Shadow Attorney-General
- 5 June 2022–28 May 2025Shadow Minister — for — Employment and Workplace Relations
- 5 June 2022–presentShadow Cabinet Minister
- 30 May 2022–25 January 2025Deputy Leader of the Opposition — in the — Senate
- 30 March 2021–23 May 2022Minister — for — Industrial Relations
Committee service
- 16 March 2012–5 August 2013Joint Statutory — Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity — Deputy Chair
- 18 August 2011–11 November 2013Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References
- 1 July 2011–5 August 2013Joint Standing — Migration
- 22 June 2011–30 March 2012Joint Select — Australia's Immigration Detention Network
- 3 March 2011–29 June 2011Joint Select — Christmas Island Tragedy
- 2 February 2010–7 February 2013Senate Standing — Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (formerly Regulations and Ordinances)
Qualifications
- Date not recordedLLB(Hons)
- Date not recordedGradDipLegPrac
- Date not recordedBA
Occupations
- 1 January 1999–1 January 2008Solicitor (Senior Associate) at Freehills from 1999 to 2008.