Victim of Daniel Andrews' privacy breach breaks silence

A MUM whose private details were released in Daniel Andrews's document dump says she only received an apology hours after the Premier said it had been done.

EXCLUSIVE: The woman whose private life was laid bare to the world as a result of a document dump ordered by Premier Daniel Andrews has spoken for the first time.

The lawyer and mum, who had private financial and medical details published in the document dump, told the Herald Sun she did not receive an apology until just after 1pm today, when she spoke to a senior member of the Premier's office.

"I found the experience quite distressing and unsettling, to have my personal information and my daughter's out there," the woman said.

"In my view, this indicates why proper procedures should be followed."

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But Mr Andrews told reporters at 9.20am this morning: "We've apologised to the person involved."

Asked if he had spoken to the woman, Mr Andrews added: "I’ve not spoken to the person involved but I believe departmental officials and people from my office have.”

The lawyer told the Herald Sun she had not spoken directly to anyone from the government until lunchtime, having been in court this morning.

She is now considering her legal options in the wake of the privacy breach.

It came after fiery scenes in Question Time this morning, with Mr Andrews repeatedly dodging questions about the massive privacy breach.

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy tried to grill the Premier over the release of private financial and medical details about everyday Victorians.

He accused the Premier of a "gross abuse of power" for "political vengeance" as Opposition MPs yelled at Mr Andrews to "resign".

But Mr Andrews refused to engage in questions about the privacy breach, instead suggesting Mr Guy was faking his concern to distract from revelations in the documents about his dealings as planning minister.

In a series of questions from the Opposition Leader, he accused the Premier of "disgustingly smearing the name" of innocent Victorians caught in the privacy breach.

He asked: "Is there nothing to which you won't stoop in order to desperately cling to power?"

Mr Andrews batted away Mr Guy's questions and refused to engage on how the privacy breach occurred and if the state could be exposed to legal action to those caught up in it.

The Premier instead kept up the government's attack on Mr Guy over the $3.5 million settlement he ordered to close a lawsuit sparked by his botched rezoning of farmland at Ventnor on Philip Island.

The government used its numbers in the Legislative Assembly to censure Opposition Leader Matthew Guy over the botched rezoning of Phillip Island farm land.

After an hours-long debate, the motion passed just before 4pm.

It “censures the leader of the opposition for using $3.5 million of taxpayers’ money as ransom to avoid having to explain his role in the Ventnor scandal, potentially committing the crime of misconduct in public office”.

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