Vic ALP whistleblower's life in 'turmoil'

The staffer who blew the whistle on Victorian Labor's alleged electorate office rorts says his life has been ruined by the scandal.

Jake Finnigan revealed in 2015 he was employed in the seat of Lara to do electorate work, but actually worked in the electorate of Bellarine, campaigning five days a week for the ALP.

"I don't know if I really feel vindicated, I think I've lost a significant part of my life in this process," Mr Finnigan told 3AW on Wednesday.

"It's caused me immense emotional turmoil. I've ended up institutionalised a couple of times as a result of the ongoing investigation into this. I've lost a significant amount of friends."

Mr Finnigan said he could no longer work as a journalist or in politics.

"Every time my name is Googled, what comes up is 'whistleblower talking to fraud squad'," he said.

Mr Finnigan was one of 26 campaign officers who ran Labor's Community Action Network, which was widely credited with targeting the marginal seats the party needed to win power in 2014.

"I was ostensibly campaigning for the Labor party on a full-time basis while being paid two days a week by the parliament," he said.

"I was based out of Police Minister Lisa Neville's office ... but I was being paid by Minister for Sport John Eren's electoral office in Lara."