THE Victorian minister under pressure for attending the tennis as serious bushfires burned also skipped a key meeting last year to take a holiday at Uluru, a report says.

Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells admitted on Thursday that he went to the tennis the previous Friday while bushfires burned across Victoria.



It has led to calls from the state opposition for him to resign.



The Herald Sun reports that in November Mr Wells flew to Alice Springs on the eve of a two-day meeting that brought together police and emergency services ministers from the states, territories and New Zealand.



The focus of the meeting was disaster management and the creation of a national gang intelligence network.



Mr Wells attended a cocktail party on the eve of the meeting, before heading to Uluru on holiday the next day, the report says.



Mr Wells' spokeswoman, Jess Jackson, reportedly told the paper that the minister skipped the meeting because he agreed with NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher that the agenda was more relevant to bureaucrats than politicians.



Victoria was represented at the meeting by Mr Wells' parliamentary secretary, David Southwick.



Mr Wells had meetings with the federal and Queensland ministers and a member of the National Crime Commission.



Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett told the paper Mr Wells' decision to attend the tennis "called into question his longevity as a minister".



Former Victoria Police Commissioner Christine Nixon, who faced intense criticism for leaving her post during the Black Saturday bushfires, said on Friday the minister had "not done anything wrong".



"He left the people who knew how to manage it in charge," she told ABC Radio.

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has backed his embattled emergency services minister who is facing calls to resign.



Dr Napthine says Mr Well is doing a great job and has his full confidence.