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Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University

EXPLAINED: Australia s first machete ban is coming to victoria will it work or is it just another political quick fix - The Real Truth

Following a shopping centre brawl in Melbourne at the weekend, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will ban the sale of all machetes from Wednesday.

In March this year, the Victorian government had already announced that from September 1 machetes would become a “prohibited weapon”.

Prohibited weapons are items considered inappropriate for general possession and use without a police commissioner’s approval or a Governor in Council Exemption Order.

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