Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin has hit back at Premier Jacinta Allan, after she accused the Opposition of deliberately undermining the government’s machete ban and changes to bail laws.

A war of words erupted between the two party leaders on Monday after Premier Allan was grilled about a series of criminal incidents, including a brutal attack on a father and son that saw five teens arrested, three of whom returned to the scene the next day .

Premier Allan described the incident as “brazen, shocking and dangerous behaviour” that would not be tolerated.

But when a reporter pointed out the alleged offenders did not seem to have been deterred by the charges they faced and were already out on bail, the Labor leader blamed the Opposition for spreading “misinformation” about the govern

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