Victorian Labor MPs exonerated in 'red shirts' election rorts scheme

Deputy commissioner says no charges will be laid against the 16 MPs but former treasurer will be interviewed

Sixteen Victorian Labor politicians have been exonerated by police over their involvement in an election rorts scheme, but former treasurer John Lenders will be criminally interviewed.

An investigation linked to the state’s 2014 election, during which taxpayer funds were used to pay electorate officers campaigning for Labor, came to a head on Thursday.

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