Frankston MP Geoff Shaw has been charged with obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of misconduct in public office, police said on Tuesday.
Victoria Police said the 45-year-old Frankston man faces 24 charges in relation to an investigation into allegations of misconduct in public office by a serving member of the Victorian Parliament in 2011.
The Liberal turned independent holds the balance of power in the state’s parliament. He took his place in the lower house on Tuesday as parliament resumed.
Police said he had been summonsed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 8 October.
