Greens threaten Andrews government with possible defeat in parliament over bail laws

Exclusive: Party say its new bill will be put to a vote if Labor doesn’t announce its own reforms

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The Victorian Greens are set to issue an ultimatum to the Andrews Labor government to reform the state’s bail laws within three months or risk a defeat on the issue in parliament’s upper house.

As parliament resumes on Tuesday, the minor party will introduce a private member’s bill to overhaul the state’s bail laws, declaring they will bring it to a vote if the government doesn’t introduce its own reforms in the next three months.

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