A political fight is brewing over speeding up an Australian-first machete ban after another slaying involving the deadly weapon.
The Victorian government will move laws in state parliament this week to ban the sale and possession of machetes from September 1 to combat their rising use.
The proposed ban came too late for a 24-year-old man, who was stabbed to death on Friday night by a machete-wielding group near the Marriott Waters Shopping Centre in Melbourne's southeast
The victim from Clyde was in a Lyndhurst car park when he was ambushed by up to 10 men, with some carrying machetes.
He was rushed to hospital, where he later died.
The man was the fourth person to perish in a machete-related murder in Victoria over the past six months.
His killers remain on the run.
The state opposition has seized on the brutal murder, declaring it will move to amend the government's legislation to make the machete ban immediate.
Victorians could not wait another six months for the weapons to be outlawed as there would be more home invasions, carjackings and murders in that time, Opposition Leader Brad Battin said.
"We need to make sure that we don't see the murder that we saw on Friday night again with machetes on our streets," he told reporters on Sunday.
"We need to make sure that families aren't waking up and seeing young offenders in their house with machetes."
Victorian minister Harriet Shing said the Lyndhurst attack was devastating and machetes would have no place on the streets under the ban, although there would be limited exemptions for hunting and agriculture.
She indicated the state government was not considering bringing forward the ban or accompanying amnesty period, which would run from September 1 to November 30.
"When the UK introduced this ban it took them around 18 months. We intend to do that ban in six months," Ms Shing said.
"I'm looking forward to receiving confirmation from the leader of the opposition that he would support these provisions when they come before the parliament this week."
