Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education, Senator Cash. The minister previously stated that, following revelations her office had leaked advanced notice of a Federal Police raid on AWU officers, she instructed her chief of staff:

… to secure the electronic material and any documents in relation to this particular staff member. He advised me that he had done that.

What specific steps did the minister ask her chief of staff to undertake to secure these materials, and what assurances did she receive that he had done so? Did the minister instruct any member of her office to delete text messages or other communications in relation to the raids?