A group of boys allegedly armed with machetes were spotted arguing at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s northwest nearly a week after the state government fast-tracked a ban on the weapons following an ...

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 ...

A group of boys armed with machetes have thrown a Melbourne shopping centre into lockdown, just weeks after a similar ...

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

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

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 ...

Last year, a record number of machetes and dangerous knives - almost 15,000 - were seized by Victoria Police. The Victorian government announced on Monday that an interim total ban on the sale of ...

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 ...