Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I am. The donation is not an isolated incident. When Mr Shorten was the AWU national secretary, the AWU made another generous donation, to the Labor campaign for the federal seat of Maribyrnong, where, as it happens, Mr Shorten was the Labor candidate. The donation was made on 14 September 2007.

Mr Shorten has again failed to answer similar questions in relation to this donation. A very simple question: was it made in accordance with the AWU's rules? The rules are clear on what constitutes valid authorisation. Again, Mr Shorten needs to come clean and advise the Australian people whether the rules were complied with in both of these instances and whether in both instances he declared his conflicts of interest.