Latest AFR Article, page-33

and again....

As others have highlighted previously, Victoria doesn't have a statutory spent convictions scheme, but has an information release policy.

According to that policy:

a) a conviction is never "spent" (which just means in Victoria that the police won't disclose it) if the penalty was a custodial term of greater than 30 months (how long was Mr vert's?)
b) it only becomes "spent" if you have no subsequent convictions for the next 10 years (did he?); and
c) you do not have a statutory right to not disclose an offence (unless it has a Commonwealth element under the Commonwealth Crimes Act)