Video has emerged of four Victorian Labor MPs drinking and dancing at a Bali nightclub on the eve of the state's bushfire crisis. 9News
Health Minister Jenny Mikakos was secretly filmed partying with backbenchers Steve Dimopolous, Nick Staikos and Jackson Taylor at Seminyak's Motel Mexicola on December 28; just asIn the video, the MPs can been seen dancing to Zorba the Greek and Katy Perry's Firework, while at one point Mr Dimopolous can be seen having alcohol poured into his mouth.Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien
seized on the footage, saying the Health Minister should have been at work as East Gippsland was evacuated. "The evacuation was called on the 29th of December, how long did it take Jenny Mikakos to get out of a nightclub, get on a plane and get back to work?" he said."I was being briefed by my department and my office the whole time I was overseas, and was very prepared to cut my leave short and be back on duty," she said.
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