Vic police to view video of MP 'assault'

POLICE will examine parliamentary security video of an alleged assault by the man who holds the balance of power in the Victorian parliament.

Former bouncer and independent Frankston MP Geoff Shaw is captured on amateur video apparently pushing an elderly man to the ground and throwing punches, after being surrounded by taxi drivers protesting outside Parliament House.

Parliamentary Speaker Ken Smith has viewed CCTV video of the incident and handed it to police.

Taxi driver John Zammit, 79, was allegedly left with a bloodied face by the former Liberal turned independent.

He claims Mr Shaw kicked him.

The Frankston MP said he was "heckled, yelled at, spat upon and hit by a large group of protesters".

"I was forced to push a protester from me and continued my way up the stairs to the entrance of Parliament House," Mr Shaw said in a statement.

"Another protester or protesters grabbed around my ankles as I climbed the stairs."

Liberal upper house MP David Davis said the incident was "very regrettable".

"(It) is not what Victorians would want to see on the front steps of Parliament House," he told reporters.

Mr Smith warned it is a contempt of parliament to interfere with a politician as they enter the building.

The alleged assault comes just days before Mr Shaw is due to appear in court for a second time on fraud-related charges over the alleged misuse of his taxpayer-funded vehicle and parliamentary fuel card.

He will ask that the matter be heard by a magistrate rather than a judge in an apparent attempt to avoid being kicked out of parliament.

Under the Victorian constitution, MPs are ineligible for office if convicted of an indictable offence carrying a punishment of five or more years in jail.

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