The Victorian government's snap ban on the sale of machetes is now in effect, with retailers facing fines and potential jail time if they continue to sell them. A complete ban on owning machetes will come into force in September, which the state opposition wants brought forward.
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00:00this snap ban on the sale of machetes has just come into effect as of midday here in victoria
00:07that means that any retailer that is caught are selling long-bladed knives of more than 20
00:13centimeters and those knives not used in kitchens could face fines of up to two hundred thousand
00:20dollars and even possible jail time now we do know that many retailers have already been clearing at
00:27their shelves of these weapons ever since the premier just into allen announced this snap ban
00:33on monday but of course it is very easy to be able to buy these sorts of weapons with the click of a
00:40mouse the government is not giving too many details about how they're proposing to monitor those online
00:47sales however we have heard from online retail giant amazon and it says that it will make sure
00:55that it does all steps to adhere to this ban and particularly to stop any sales to victorian
01:02customers now jacinta allen did say that this was designed to choke the supply of these machetes
01:09ahead of a ban on the possession of machetes which is due to come into force in september but the
01:17opposition says that that is just simply too late for victorians and the shadow police minister david
01:24southwick says that he's going to be introducing a private members bill to get the possession of
01:31machetes banned straight away we've also heard from police who have been investigating this wild brawl
01:38in melbourne's northeast which prompted this snap ban in what police say was a pre-organized meetup between
01:46two rival gangs police say that they have now arrested all of the people they believe were involved
01:52in that brawl and that the ages of these people who have been charged range from just 15 years old through to 21