Premier welcomes resignations of former neo-Nazi from Victorian Liberals

The Victorian Liberal Party says it didn't know about a campaign staffer's neo-Nazi history.

Scott Harrison was reportedly a member of white supremacist group Church of Creativity, where he wrote an article blaming Jews for the Port Arthur massacre.

Harrison worked on Liberal state election campaigns in the seats of Lara and Bellarine, near Geelong.

He said he had been involved in the Church of Creativity but left in 2010 when he was 19.

"I completely distance myself from my past ideology. I now realise how insane it was. I now believe in racial equality and gay marriage," Mr Harrison told The Age newspaper.

Premier Denis Napthine said Mr Harrison had not been part of his team and had never worked for the coalition government.

"There is absolutely no place in society for these type of comments," Dr Napthine said in a statement.

Victorian Liberal Party director Damien Mantach said Mr Harrison had resigned from the party effective immediately.

"The Liberal Party was unaware of Mr Harrison's previous affiliations," he said in a statement.

"His comments are unacceptable and do not reflect the views of the Liberal Party."

Mr Harrison told The Age some people in the party knew he had been in the Church of Creativity, but it was not widely known.

Opposition scrutiny of government spokesman Martin Pakula said Mr Harrison's presence as a Liberal staffer showed a concerning tolerance for extremist views within the party.

He said people made mistakes in their youth, but this went further than just teenage hijinks.

"I think being a neo-Nazi is in a different category," Mr Pakula told reporters.

He said Mr Harrison's 2010 comments could have breached racial vilification laws.

The Church of Creativity's website lists a number of white supremacist beliefs, including that creativity was the essence of the white racial soul.

"Without the white race any worthwhile culture and civilisation are impossible," the website said.

With AAP