Labor MP Crosses Floor To Pass Investigation into Red Shirts Scandal in State Parliament

Adem Somyurek is seen outside his home in Melbourne, Australia, on June 16, 2020. AAP Image/Daniel Pockett

The motion to re-investigate Victoria Labor’s 2014 red shirts scandal by the Ombudsman and potentially IBAC has passed the state parliament’s upper house with votes 19 to 17 after Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela crossed the floor to vote in favour of the motion.

It is against the party’s rules to vote against the party, and Kaushaliya has announced on Feb. 9 in posts on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts that she will be resigning.