15/09/2026
Is it time to review Victoria’s machete laws and bring some balance back?
At some point we need to understand that the tool isn’t the villain. The person committing the crime is.
We’ve watched the same thinking creep into the fi****ms debate. Politicians and media talk about “removing thousands of fi****ms from our streets”, yet many of the fi****ms being targeted by ownership caps and buybacks aren’t on the streets at all. They’re legally owned, registered and secured by licensed people.
Victoria has actually recognised part of this distinction. Premier Jacinta Allan rejected a fi***rm ownership cap, saying the overwhelming majority of fi***rm owners are law-abiding and that the focus needs to be on criminals getting their hands on guns.
So apply the same thinking elsewhere.
If Victoria’s machete ban is genuinely reducing violent offending, show us the evidence. If it isn’t, review it.
A farmer, hunter, landholder or ordinary person using a legitimate cutting tool isn’t the problem. A criminal carrying one into a shopping centre, train station or gang fight is.
Punish that behaviour hard.
Focus police resources on gangs, repeat violent offenders, organised crime and people carrying weapons for criminal purposes.
Good laws should target dangerous people and dangerous behaviour — not simply make governments look like they’re doing something.
Bring balance back. Target the criminal, not automatically the tool.
I believe these small erosions of sensibility and politicians re adjusting focus on lawful activities of good citizens should not become the norm or forgotten.
Your thoughts ?
