A senior bureaucrat is standing by the handling of the case of a Victorian man who killed his partner while on parole.
Margaret Burton, 40, was killed at her Hoppers Crossing home in June 2009 by her partner Jayson Hawkins, who was on parole for armed robbery.
Hawkins was charged with murder, but killed himself before he could stand trial.
Corrections Victoria deputy commissioner Rod Wise told an inquest into Ms Burton's death that he had found no flaws or failures in the handling of the case.
However, he said parole officers were now encouraged to focus on risk assessment, rather than just whether parolees were complying with their conditions.
Parole officer Judit Huszar said Hawkins was deemed to be a high risk of reoffending.
Ms Huszar told the inquest she believed the requirement for Hawkins to meet with her weekly was adequate, as he had consistently complied with his parole.
"There was nothing to suggest he needed more supervision," she told the Victorian Coroners Court on Wednesday.
Adult Parole Board Victoria general manager David Provan said if a case was urgent, the board could be summoned to hold a meeting within minutes.
Mr Provan said approximately 2000 people were granted parole across the state each year.
Mr Wise said the release of two reviews of the Victorian parole system could put corrections staff in jeopardy.
The reports, suppressed during the lead-up to the inquest, examined the cases of paroled prisoners who were subsequently charged with murder.
"It contains a lot of information about the offenders and people who work with them - potentially the victims as well," Mr Wise said.
Parts of one of the reports have been provided to Victorian cabinet, he said.
The government has moved to toughen Victoria's parole laws in the wake of a number of high-profile victims of killers on parole, including the murder of Jill Meagher by paroled serial rapist Adrian Bayley.
Former High Court judge Ian Callinan has reviewed the parole system, with his report handed to the government and expected to be released shortly.
Victims of crime have blasted the parole board's handling of offenders, with at least a dozen murders committed by criminals on parole in recent years.
Police Commissioner Ken Lay has said the system is broken.
Families of people murdered by parolees are paying close attention to the Burton inquest, and three are being represented as an interested party.
However, Victorian Coroner Judge Ian Gray says the current inquest is only about the Hawkins case, and not the parole system more broadly.
The inquest previously heard Hawkins killed Ms Burton by cutting her throat with a meat cleaver.
He later told police he was sick of Ms Burton controlling his life.
The inquest will resume on Friday.
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