Deputy Premier James Merlino did not provide extra evidence of his claims of Liberal rorts. Credit:Chris Hopkins

James Merlino was alleging some serious stuff on Sunday evening.

Two million dollars of taxpayers’ money ‘rorted’ by the Liberals at and around the last election by using their Parliamentary and ministerial staff to work on their election campaigns, the Deputy Premier claimed.

This was so serious, Merlino said, he’d called the cops.

It all sounded a bit like the ‘red shirts’ affair that has Merlino’s Labor government in such strife, now that Victorian Police are investigating.