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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Victoria fast-tracks machete ban as more arrests made over Northland shopping centre fight

Premier Jacinta Allan looks at a display of machetes at Victoria police headquarters in Melbourne this year
Premier Jacinta Allan announced Labor would use extraordinary powers to ban machetes from Wednesday after the Northland shopping centre in Melbourne was forced into lockdown. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The sale of machetes will be banned in Victoria from Wednesday, after an alleged clash involving the weapon forced Northland shopping centre into lockdown at the weekend.

It comes as Victoria police made further arrests and said more were “imminent”, after the alleged fight between “rival youth gangs” in Melbourne on Sunday.

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