Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT, SKILLS, SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS SENATOR FOR WESTERN

BIOGRAPHY

Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash is Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. She was appointed to this role on 29 May 2019.

Prior to this Senator Cash was the Minister for for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education. She held this role from 28 August 2018 to 29 May 2019.

Senator Cash has also held the Ministerial roles of Minister for Jobs and Innovation from 20 December 2017 to 28 August 2018 and prior to this was the Minister for Employment, Minister for Women and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public service between 21 September 2015 to 20 December 2017. Senator Cash was also the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women from 18 September 2013 to 21 September 2015.

In September 2010, Senator Cash was appointed to the dual roles of the Shadow for Immigration and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women. Senator Cash was Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate from September 2012 through to the dissolution of Parliament for the 2013 election.

Senator Cash has also been actively involved in several Senate committees including as the Deputy Chairman of the Joint Statutory Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.

Senator Cash is a Liberal Senator for . She was first elected in 2007 and commenced her as a Senator on 1 July 2008.

Prior to entering Parliament, Senator Cash was a senior lawyer practicing in employee and industrial relations with the law firm Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in their Perth (and Melbourne 2001-2002) offices.

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.

Senator Cash is married to Richard Price, a barrister. She is the daughter of former Minister in the Western and former President of the Legislative Council, the Hon AM.