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Michaelia Cash

Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator for Western Australia
Michaelia Cash

About Michaelia

Michaelia Cash is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and a Liberal Senator for Western Australia. 

Senator Cash was elected to the Senate in 2007 and has held a number of Ministerial and Shadow Ministerial roles. 

This includes having served as Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, and as a Minister in the Industrial Relations, Immigration and Border Protection, Public Service, Jobs and Innovation, Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education portfolios. 

Prior to entering Parliament, Senator Cash was a senior lawyer at law firm Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills) practicing employment and industrial law. 

Senator Cash holds an Honours Degree in Law from the University of London and a Bachelor of Arts (Social Science) from Curtin University in Perth, graduating with a triple major in public relations, politics and journalism. In addition, she holds a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Western Australia. 

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