With Mick Mac now promoted other changes will folow. I doubt Cash will survive.
It was a
vicious and unwarranted threat which, even though not carried out, has already
aroused grubby speculation about all women who have worked for Bill Shorten.
Senator Cash withdrew the unspecific claims of misconduct among staffers with the always-unconvincing rider, “If I’ve offended anyone.”
Well, she has offended many, as senior Labor women Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek made clear.
“It was an unprovoked attack from a minister under pressure. Like so many of my colleagues, I am very lucky to have smart young women working for me. And on their behalf I am offended,” said Ms Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader.
The implications of Senator Cash’s comments were obvious in the aftermath of the Barnaby Joyce scandal. The former Deputy Prime Minister had an affair with a staff member who is now his pregnant partner.
Senator Cash was hinting at a reprisal against Mr Shorten for the embarrassment caused by the Joyce revelations, although why she blamed Labor is unknown.She tossed out the threat as part of a tantrum, a collapse of the control expected in a minister. It was a further indicator for some she cannot handle the job.
Senator Cash is still struggling with the consequences of a former staff member last October tipping off media that police were about to raid trade union offices.
The reasons for the raids are largely forgotten, but not the tip-off from the Cash office, which still is being investigated and still being used as an unflattering measure of her performance.
The brutal outburst against unnamed Labor staff members was an indication she is losing that struggle, and her better judgment. 
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