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.
