As expected, the people who were already doing illegal things with machetes don't care about the machete ban. I can't see Victoria backing down on it though, they'll probably claim safety requires expanding the ban to knives in general and screw over more law abiding people.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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I don't think anyone is surprised that people who would use a machete against another human would not return the machete.. however it's more of a longer term plan to reduce ease of access to machetes over time. Yes, if someone was hellbent on using a machete they would be able to source them.