Crime-Justice on The Daily Thrumhttps://www.thedailythrum.com/tags/crime-justice/Recent content in Crime-Justice on The Daily ThrumHugoen-auSun, 31 May 2026 08:47:27 +1000Victorian Government Confirms Machete Ban Remains Effective Against Citizens Already Unlikely To Bring A Machete To A Fighthttps://www.thedailythrum.com/news/victorian-government-ban-remains-effective/Sun, 31 May 2026 08:47:27 +1000https://www.thedailythrum.com/news/victorian-government-ban-remains-effective/<p>MELBOURNE — The Victorian Government has confirmed its machete ban remains highly effective against all citizens who were already unlikely to bring a machete to a fight, despite reports that more than 40 public knife fights have occurred in the year since the policy was announced.</p> <p>Officials defended the ban after critics described it as an “absolute failure”, saying the policy had successfully prevented thousands of accountants, nurses, retirees, office workers, parents, librarians and people waiting quietly for trams from carrying machetes in public.</p>