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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/6390494

The Victorian government will ban the sale of machetes from Wednesday after a gang brawl at a shopping centre.

Two males were arrested and another was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition after the incident at Northlands shopping centre.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rural NSW bushland - heaps of people around here have machetes and cane knives. Useful for cutting through vines, small saplings, lantana, etc. My cane knife is probably my 3rd most used tool when doing outdoor work on my property.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah fair enough. You will still be able to use and keep the one you've got though. It's a sales ban not an ownership ban

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And what happens when it breaks and you need a new one?