The Victorian government will co-operate with any police probe over claims of a porn distribution ring, Premier Denis Napthine says.
Dr Napthine says the government's independent legal advice is that material found in the office of sacked government adviser Don Coulson is not illegal.
But the opposition says it has written to Victorian and federal police to look into the matter.
Mr Coulson, who is suing the state for unfair dismissal, claims to have run a porn distribution ring for coalition MPs and advisers, involving swapping memory sticks containing pornography between friends, and has reportedly considered naming others involved.
Dr Napthine says if police investigate the matter, the government will co-operate.
"I think they will confirm what has already be discovered," he told reporters on Friday.
Dr Napthine said for 18 months the "disaffected, disgruntled, sacked employee" had maintained the material was not accessible by anyone but had now made different allegations.
"It seems extraordinary that now he's involved in suing the state and being sued by the state he suddenly makes these bizarre and absurd claims," he said.
"People can judge for themselves the veracity of that.
"This man has said he'll name names. Well, where is it?
"He has made a number of allegations and there's no substance being shown to any of the allegations."
Shadow attorney-general Martin Pakula said the best way to get to the bottom of the matter is for police to assess whether any laws have been broken.
"I think it's important that there be an independent investigation, not one conducted by the premier and his lawyers."
Mr Pakula said if the premier had any idea which Liberals were involved, he needed to come clean.
"Victorians are going to the polls in 43 days and they're entitled to know the types of people that are at the peak of this government."
Mr Coulson is suing the state for $67,000 in redundancy pay he claims he is owed after being sacked for other reasons, days after Dr Napthine became premier in March last year.
The government is countersuing for $30,000 it says was a severance package he has to repay, because he allegedly stored, accessed and/or viewed a "considerable amount" of pornography in his office.
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