turnbull backs cash as uproar over rumour threat continues - whiteboard

Malcolm Turnbull, who defended Michael cash, threatened to expose rumours about Bill Shore's female employees that Senator West Australia was "bullied and provoked" by the Labor Party ".
The Prime Minister supports her comments at a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
"Senator Kash was bullied and angered by the Senator (Doug)
Cameron hinted at the staff.
"She responded with an unreserved withdrawal," Turnbull told parliament on Thursday . ".
On Wednesday, Senator Kash, after being asked by Senator Cameron about the employment record of her chief of staff, provoked outrage from Labor MPs and some media in response, she threatened to name women among the staff of opposition leaders, who have been the subject of "rumors.
The protests continued on Thursday, and Mr shore condemned the comments and said his office was still waiting for an apology.
Pushed by Labor Senator Penny Huang, Senator Cash withdrew the remarks at Wednesday's estimated hearing, but she did not apologize.
When asked about Thursday's comments, she said she withdrew them "without reservation.
On Thursday, a television crew found out that she was apparently blocked from the media by a whiteboard as she entered another estimate hearing.
This sparked a string of jokes on social media.
SBS's video showed that when the senator approached, the council's security guards pushed the whiteboard to the center of the corridor, blocking the camera from her view of her as she walked out of date.
At the budget hearing on Thursday, the senator agreed with the prime minister's assessment that she had been attacked by Senator Cameron as a "bully ", and said he asked "inappropriate questions ".
Mr. Shore said Thursday that women in his office had been "blacked out" by the Liberal senator and said he was shocked by the comments.
"I feel angry on behalf of smart, dedicated, hard-working people --
The professionals working in my office were stained by Michaelia Cash.
I was really shocked that she didn't say sorry.
I 've been waiting for her to call my office and organize.
Interior minister Peter Darton, who appears to be on the side of the prime minister, said people in the coalition are frustrated by Labor's "moral lecture.
He mentioned two members of the opposition who said they had problems with their personal lives.
"Over the past few weeks, we 've sat there and listened to Bill shortining's moral lecture on barabby Joyce," Darton said in an interview with 2 gb.
"People know that the problem is historical. . .
"The Labor Party insists on giving lectures in craw," Mr Darton claimed . ".
Tony Abbott, Britain's former prime minister, previously attributed Kash's remarks to "brain collapse ".