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By 2025, Melbourne has become a hotspot for youth gang violence involving machetes—long, single-bladed weapons often associated with out-of-control teenage gangs. These weapons are used not only to intimidate and terrorize innocent citizens during home invasions but also within gang ranks, leading to a rise in violence across the city and intowealthy regional suburbs. Despite being a relatively peaceful city, Melbourne’s streets are flaunted as dangerous zones where machetes have become a common tool of crime.