Former Victorian Labor powerbroker Adem Somyurek says it is "touch and go" if his motion to launch a new probe into the party's red shirts scandal will pass parliament.
Almost four years ago, Labor was found to have misused $388,000 of taxpayer money to pay political campaign staff before the 2014 election after an investigation by Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
The rort involved 21 past and present Labor MPs breaching parliamentary guidelines by diverting staff to help campaign for members, but no criminal charges were laid following a separate probe by Victoria Police.
