The state of Victoria has rolled out machete disposal bins ahead of a ban on the tools amid rising violent crime.
Australians have been ordered to surrender their machetes or face up to two years in prison and fines exceeding $30,000 under a new weapons ban in Victoria. The state’s government adopted the measure in an effort reverse a surge in violent crime.
Victoria has announced a complete ban on the possession, sale, and use of machetes, set to come into effect on September 1. Residents have been given a three-month amnesty period to comply, with officials warning that after November 30, having a machete without an exemption will be a criminal offence.
In a statement on Thursday, Premier Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines said that more than 40 disposal bins had been installed across Victoria, including outside police stations in areas with high rates of violent incidents.
Agricultural workers and those claiming traditional or cultural use will be allowed to keep machetes but must prove eligibility to police if asked.
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The new restrictions follow a rise in what officials have described as gang-related youth crime. Victoria Police reported seizing an average of 44 illegal blades a day in 2025. According to government figures, assaults with edged weapons at shopping centers have risen by 161% since 2014.
Youths aged 10 to 17 are said to make up 13% of offenders overall, while accounting for 63% of robberies, 46% of aggravated burglaries, and more than a quarter of all car thefts.
The new policy has drawn mockery and criticism from some residents, who have questioned the effectiveness of machete drop boxes. Social media users have argued the government is avoiding the underlying causes of the crime spike, pointing to growing concerns over migration and activity by armed African youth gangs in Melbourne. Victoria Premier Allan has repeatedly lauded the state’s diversity and multiculturalism.
A similar ban on “ninja swords” was recently introduced in the UK, which has faced comparable criticism for failing to tackle the underlying drivers of rising knife violence, such as uncontrolled migration.
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Admit that “Port Arthur” was a false flag used to disarm innocent Australians, and the right to self defense, reverse the ban on “firearm ownership” and stop “creating problems” that are designed to take away our God given rights to life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness, otherwise “go **** yourselves”.
First they came for the guns. Then the machetes , the knives, forks and spoons…
…and still they killed each other; with bricks, hammers and their bare hands.
Tye problem is not the guns, is never the car used as a weapon, nor the deadly object. The problem is the deadly individual.
Like a Monty Python skit…
What an old bag in the video, she is getting off on the tyranny like that state did during Covid. What will it be next , kitchen knives and scissors?
Plastic spoon’s
When they go after non-powered tools, then we all know that the fix is in!
Port Arthur and the Christchurch Mosque Massacre were all false flags.
Look for a Zionist element behind all of this.
IF citizens were properly armed with a firearm, then the machetes would be ineffective in the right to self defence.
(UN Treaty Right to Self Defence (individual) Chapter 7 Article 51).
Both Aussies & Kiwis need to take back their governments, as governments unchecked always remove rights, steal property and a person’s money / livlihood, start wars and commit genocide as well proven in past history.
When i9djits like you spurg on about Jewish conspiracies, you play into their hands
What about spears, swords, battle axes and shields?
I use a machete and a cane knife as my major gardening tools.
Zionists? God, please give us a break! Israelis have their hands full dealing with Third World savages of their own, you moron. It’s the ongoing echo of communist infiltration of every western institution, from the Democrat party to the UK, Germany, France, Sweden and every other western power, the Soviet and Chinese battle plan is being brought to fruition by their very willing acolytes. Wake up and stop being a redneck dupe.
Oh, please, the ‘Reds under the bed’ again? Where is the proof? Where is the money trail, where is the ‘Communist headquarters’? Who are the acolytes? why haven’t they been rounded up?
Because all possibilities point to the Jews and their Shabbos Goys, and they are entrenched in the Governments.
So I’m not allowed to point out that one of the other comments here is a Jew-hater spouting nonsense?
Mike, Zippo and Jakester are all kikes.