 Griffiths was also cleared of any wrongdoing by the Australian Federal Police, who were alerted to the matter by Griffiths.Despite being cleared by the Codd inquiry – an investigation which Griffiths had also requested – he announced at the Victorian ALP Conference in April 1995 that he would not contest the 1996 election, which Labor lost.In his resignation speech, Griffiths acknowledged the allegations had taken "a lot of momentum out of my career".