Arrests in rorts- for- votes", page-58

To catch people while they are still at home and the cops probably earn overtime rates

Anyway an excerpt from an ABC story from July reporting on the final report of an ombudsman inquiry into the matter and the stalled Operation Peach.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-...tion-into-victorian-labor-over-funds/10008098

Labor's wrongful misuse of taxpayer-funded staff could still be investigated by Victoria Police, the Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton has told a powerful inquiry.

With less than 130 days until the November state election a fresh investigation would be a major distraction for Premier Daniel Andrews and his Labor team and provide plenty of political ammunition to the Coalition.

Earlier this year the ombudsman Deborah Glass found Labor had wrongly used taxpayer funded electorate officers to campaign for votes in 2014.

In response Labor repaid the taxpayer nearly $400,000 and claimed it did not deliberately rort entitlements.
Ms Glass singled out former treasurer John Lenders as the architect of the scheme which she labelled an "artifice".

Following Ms Glass's report, Parliament's privileges committee opened an inquiry and further complaints were lodged with Victoria Police.

Police opened Operation Peach in 2015 over complaints, but that never moved to a full inquiry after initial assessments.
Information gathered by police was shared with the ombudsman.
Mr Ashton told the committee on Wednesday that police had been asked to re-open the case following Ms Glass's final report.
Police have been assessing some extra evidence obtained by the ombudsman.