Victoria's Adult Parole Board must explain how hit-run killer Thomas Towle stayed on parole for 11 months after a hotel worker dobbed him in for drinking in breach of his conditions, the opposition says.
Thomas Towle, 44, was arrested at his home in Bendigo on Tuesday for unspecified parole breaches.
His parole has been cancelled and he is back in custody.
Towle was jailed in 2008 for a minimum of seven years for killing six teenagers when he lost control of his car on a road near Mildura in 2006, but was released on parole in June 2013.
The Bendigo hotel worker, who didn't want to be identified, said he emailed a former member of the Adult Parole Board on October 1 last year to report that Towle was an occasional drinker at the hotel.
She advised the worker the following day she was no longer with the board but remained with the Department of Justice and would ensure the report was passed on to a manager for follow-up.
A Department of Justice spokesman said the report was passed on to the Adult Parole Board straight away.
An Adult Parole Board spokeswoman declined to comment on Towle's case, citing privacy and corrections legislation.
Shadow attorney-general John Pesutto pledged bipartisan support for the Andrews government to toughen Victoria's bail, sentencing and parole laws.
"Parole is a privilege, not a right. If you abuse it you should lose it," he said.
"That's why the Adult Parole Board needs to fully explain what happened in this instance."
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