Internal report on Adrian Ernest Bayley kept secret by Adult Parole Board Adrian Ernerst Bayley was sentenced to 35 years' jail without parole for the rape and murder of Jill Meagher. THE Adult Parole Board has refused to provide the State Government with a copy of a secret internal review into its handling of Adrian Bayley, the killer of Jill Meagher. The 14-page review was written by the then Adult Parole Board chairman, Justice Simon Whelan, sources have told the Sunday Herald Sun. It details where it failed in its management of Bayley, who was on parole at the time he killed Ms Meagher. This month the Herald Sun revealed the board had been warned five times about Bayley's behaviour in the year before he killed Ms Meagher - but chose to do nothing. But Government sources said that while Justice Whelan showed the report to the Commissioner of Corrections Victoria, Jan Shuard, he refused to provide it to a senior Department of Justice official who had asked for it on behalf of the Government. Jill Meagher's killer was on parole. He argued it was an internal document and that providing it to the Government would compromise the board's independence. The refusal has angered senior Government figures and was one of the reasons why former High Court judge Ian Callinan was appointed to review the board. A month before Bayley killed Ms Meagher, prison authorities told the board he had missed four recent appointments with his parole officer. But despite a warning from prison authorities that he could be returned to jail, the board had not acted by the time Ms Meagher encountered the known sex offender on a Brunswick footpath at 1.40am on September 22 last year. Jill Meagher's father George McKeon speaks outside court following Adrian Ernest Bayley's sentencing. Adult Parole Board general manager David Provan said he had been unable to obtain a response into the matter, but said the board was working with Mr Callinan. "The board always takes the opportunity to review and examine significant cases as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the parole system and to improve its decision-making practices," he said. These are internal reviews designed to improve the operation of the system and it would be inappropriate to comment on consultations or discussions. Opposition corrections spokeswoman Jill Hennessy said the Napthine Government must make sure the report was released. "How can we fix the system properly if the failures involved in this tragedy are never publicly identified?" she said. You can't rebuild confidence in the justice system under a cloak of secrecy. James Talia, a spokesman for Corrections Minister Edward O'Donohue, confirmed he had not been given a copy of the report. "The Government has been aware of the internal report for some months but has not had the opportunity to see it," he said. The Government will take its advice on the operations of the Adult Parole Board from the review being undertaken by former High Court judge Ian Callinan.