News: The red shirts scandal centred on Labor’s misuse of $388,000 in taxpayer funds during the 2014 election campaign.

It was initially investigated by the Ombudsman in 2018, but did not progress to any criminal charges or referral to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.

Andrews's specialty - the investigation that functions as a cover-up mechanism. Labor repaid the money, an admission of guilt, but no-one was held responsible.

Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek, who was scapegoated for a branch-stacking scam, has gone rogue. He today introduced a motion to reopen the Red Shirts investigation - volunteering his involvement, spilling on others in what he calls the biggest political scandal in Victorian history.

The Reason Party's Fiona Pattern argued he was a disgruntled ex-employee so should be dismissed - but then again - that type is your only possible source - you're not gonna get happy, high-paid fully-gruntled employees blowing the lid. According to the Reason Party's reasoning, you'd never uncover any corruption ever. Maybe that's how Fiona likes it.

Sensationally, one Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela, crossed the floor to vote in favour of the motion to investigate. Crossing the floor very occasionally happens in the Liberal Party but never with Labor. I didn't know it was even legal. She'll have to resign i guess. But good on. At least there's one person left in Labor with integrity.

Somyurek: We were desperate to win. He (Daniel Andrews) did something well beyond what he should’ve – he crossed the line, he designed this system. He told me personally that you’ve got to take part in this process whether you want to win or not.

David Davis, Lib: This red shirts matter goes very deep; it goes right to the centre of the Andrews Labor government. The truth of the matter is Daniel Andrews and many others in this government should be in jail.

I say this investigation is appropriate and I say Somyurek’s point here that it should be broadened to a number of other matters is correct, too.

Liberal Democrats MP Tim Quilty: Mr Somyurek is not an uninterested party; I have no doubt this motion is intended as a way to get back at former colleagues for their role in his expulsion. They fought dirty to oust him and he’s fighting dirty to get them back. All the more reason for this investigation.