Sydney, March 13, 2025 (AFP) - Australian state to ban 'dangerous' machete knives

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2025-03-13

The Australian state of Victoria will outlaw machetes to try stem an outbreak of "knife crime", its premier said on Thursday, making it the country's first state to impose such a ban. Broad machete blades -- more commonly used to cut crops or slash through jungle -- will be declared a "prohibited weapon", Jacinta Allan said. "There's no place for machetes ...on our streets," she said in a post on platform X. "That's why I've announced Australia'......

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