A Victorian integrity agency has effectively closed the case on Labor's long-running "red shirts" scandal and cleared Premier Daniel Andrews of involvement after a fresh investigation into the scheme.
Ombudsman Deborah Glass says there isn't enough evidence to justify referral of the scandal, in which Labor was found to have misused $388,000 of taxpayer funds in the lead up to the 2014 election, to the anti-corruption watchdog or Victoria Police.
"It is time to end this debate," she wrote in a report tabled in state parliament on Thursday.
