A proposed "no body, no parole" Victorian law to stop convicted killers from being granted parole if they don't reveal the location of their victim could help countless families find closure.
Opposition corrections spokesman Edward O'Donohue introduced a private member's bill on Wednesday that would prevent convicted murderers from qualifying for parole if they don't disclose the location of a body.
"Families have a right to gain closure after the tragic loss of a loved one," he said in a statement.
Under the amendment, any convicted murderer who has not disclosed the location of a victim's body, or who has withheld critical information, would not be eligible for parole until they do.
It could affect the parole eligibility of criminals like Leslie Alfred Camilleri, who in 2012 admitted murdering 13-year-old Prue Bird in 1992 but kept secret where he dumped the Melbourne schoolgirl's body.
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In 2013 he told police he had wrapped the girl in a doona and hidden it in a wardrobe at a Frankston tip.
But police found nothing when they dug up the site, and say Camilleri has refused to help any further.
Last year, convicted killer Keith Smart was released on parole after serving a minimum eight years of an 11-year jail term for the manslaughter of Katie Lee Tanner.
The young mother, who had been in a relationship with Tanner's son, was last seen alive in 2006.
Her remains have never been found and throughout his 2008 court hearings, Stuart refused to say where her body was hidden.
Murdered Northcote lawyer Keith Allan's body has never been found despite three men, including Mr Allan's former employee, being convicted over his contract killing in 2004.
The men were all jailed for at least 20 years.
