Kaushaliya Vaghela

Kaushaliya Vaghela
MLC
Kaushaliya Vaghela MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 November 2018
Personal details
Born	Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Political party	Independent[1] (2022-)
Other political; affiliations	Labor (2018-2022)
Occupation	Politician; Auditor; Research Scientist;
Website	www.kaushaliyavaghela.com.au

Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela is an Australian politician. She is the member of the Victorian Legislative Council since December 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region.[2] She is the first Indian-born member of the Victorian Parliament.[3] Before her preselection in 2018, she worked as a part-time adviser to then-State Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott.

Kaushaliya Vaghela resigned from the Australian Labor Party, after she made serious allegations of bullying against the party. This was after she was disendorsed from the Labor ticket to run for office again in 2022, following IBAC investigations into the conduct of her staff members and that of her husband. [4]

Crossing the floor

On 9 February 2022, Vaghela crossed the floor in support of Adem Somyurek's motion to refer the government to the Victorian Ombudsman in relation to the alleged misuse of taxpayer funds to divert parliamentary staffing resources towards campaigning and party factional activities prior to the 2014 Victorian state election.[5]

References

"'Ms Kaushaliya Vaghela (Western Metropolitan)'". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
"Western Metropolitan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Sun, The Indian (20 January 2019). "'I'm a fanatic for freedom, fairness, feminism', says Kaushaliya Vaghela". The Indian Sun. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
"Victorian MP Kaushaliya Vaghela quits Labor after alleging systemic bullying". ABC News. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Ilanbey, Sumeyya (9 February 2022). "Labor MP crosses floor to back fresh investigation into red shirts scandal". The Age. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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[1] "'Ms Kaushaliya Vaghela (Western Metropolitan)'". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[2] "Western Metropolitan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

[3] Sun, The Indian (20 January 2019). "'I'm a fanatic for freedom, fairness, feminism', says Kaushaliya Vaghela". The Indian Sun. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[4] "Victorian MP Kaushaliya Vaghela quits Labor after alleging systemic bullying". ABC News. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[5] Ilanbey, Sumeyya (9 February 2022). "Labor MP crosses floor to back fresh investigation into red shirts scandal". The Age. Retrieved 9 February 2022.