A Victorian machete ban raises several questions, including whether there will be exemptions and what other states and ...

An Australian state government will ban the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall ...

An Australian state government will ban the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall.

Victoria will introduce a ban today on selling machetes after knife-wielding youth gangs brawled at a shopping centre in ...

This nation-first ban follows previous legislation passed earlier this year that would outlaw the sale along with the possession of machetes in Victoria from September. But the interim ban on ...

The Victoria state government in Australia is instituting a ban on the sale of machetes following a violent gang-related ...

we will be bringing in place a ban on the sale of machetes here in Victoria, and this ban will be in place from midday on Wednesday.' Victoria is the first state in Australia to introduce the ban.

As recently as last week, Allan was sticking to the September ban timeline. “We announced based on that advice from Victoria Police how the machete ban could be brought about as quickly as ...

A blanket ban on the sale of machetes will be in place from midday Wednesday, with tougher laws to begin in September.

Despite it becoming illegal for retailers to sell machetes in Victoria, vendors are already flouting the ban and filling dozens of shoppers’ online carts with the weapon. The Sunday Herald Sun ...

were purchased by a Herald Sun journalist after Australia’s first-ever ban on machetes came into effect in Victoria. Picture: Mark Stewart Ms Allan said she would consider bringing that measure ...