Actually this is from the state government of Victoria, and not the Australian federal government. Victoria is well known in Australia for its politics of warm inner glow (or liberal politics in American terms) - its capital and largest city, Melbourne, is a lot like Toronto and Montreal of Canada, and San Francisco, Seattle, and Boston rolled together.
Melbourne isn't the capital city of Australia.. Canberra is. The biggest city is Sydney.. Oh and we don't have kangaroos and Koalas in our backyards...
All you need now is become a member of a sword/knife club to get past this new law.. It's not as bad as it seems..