The Victorian Government will introduce legislation into Parliament today to prevent people who kill police officers from being released on parole.

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Government hoping to have legislation passed this week Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue due for parole in January

Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue due for parole in January Expert calls it a "symbolic" move by Government to look tough on crime

The measures directly target Craig Minogue, one of three men who carried out the Russell Street bombings in 1986 that killed 21-year-old Constable Angela Taylor and injured 22 people.

Minogue is one of three men convicted of the bombings and was given a life sentence.

After serving 30 years in prison, he will be eligible for parole in January, but the State Government is trying to prevent him from being released.

Victoria's Corrections Minister Gail Tierney said the Government hoped to the pass new legislation before Parliament rose for the year on Thursday.

"We will introduce new legislation which will ensure those people who kill police officers serve their full sentence in prison," she said.

"This legislation is not limited to one person. It's a comprehensive approach covering all people convicted of murdering a police officer or officers and sentenced to a non-parole period."

'Symbolic' move to look tough on crime: expert

The move is the latest in a string of new law and order measures announced by the Andrews Government, including a big boost to police numbers and a crackdown on youth crime.

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Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Peter Norden, who worked previously as a prison chaplain and has met Minogue, said the move was mostly symbolic.

"It's symbolic, I would say," he said.

"There are not very many people who kill police officers, a very small number in Victoria but the Government wants to send a message that it's tough on crime.

"[The] Andrews Labor Government is wanting to make [Minogue] a sacrificial lamb as a symbol that they can outbid Matthew Guy's Liberal opposition coming into the state election."

There are three people serving time for killing police officers, according to Corrections Victoria.

Mr Norden said police killers should be dealt with by the justice system, like all other prisoners.

"The alternative to passing this legislation would be to allow the parole board to make a decision to deny him parole," he said.

"The parole board is supervised by very experienced Supreme Court and County Court judges and, by passing this legislation, I think the Andrews Government is expressing a vote of no confidence in the adult parole board."

The Andrews Government will also introduce legislation to ensure killers who do not reveal the whereabouts of their victims' bodies are ineligible for release on parole.

The changes to the Corrections Act cover murder, conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, and accessory to murder, and would affect eight people in Victorian prisons.

Judges would also have to take into account whether a body's whereabouts was known and if a killer had cooperated in finding it during sentencing.

The legislation is likely to win bipartisan support.