Who did the machete ban inconvenience exactly?
People who had one and used it for the actual purpose of the tool rather than street fights.
I've had one for a few years now and it's been quite useful, particularly when you want something more portable than a brushhook (which is another useful tool idiots would probably like to ban because it looks scary). I don't live in Victoria but the push to expand the ban would directly inconvenience me.
Believe it or not it's not just the far right who use edged tools, and it's annoying how often people who don't have or use one feel the need to pop up and speak authoritatively about how nobody should use one because they don't (this goes all the way down to pocket knives sadly).