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Queensland Knife Restrictions do not align with state law and are discriminative
Summary: The discussion revolves around the topic of knife restrictions in Queensland, highlighting concerns that current regulations do not align with state law and are perceived as discriminatory. Several participants, including ozzyleo, k1ooo-slr-sales, gutterpunkz05, and others, engage in sharing their viewpoints, though the exact content of their messages is not specified. The conversation spans over an extended period, indicating ongoing engagement and interest in the subject. Participants appear to grapple with the implications of these restrictions and their fairness, engaging in a prolonged thread of interactions. The discussion is characterized by a lack of explicit resolutions, reflecting the complex nature of legal and regulatory interpretations.
The new policy that eBay have imposed meaning any buyer residing in Queensland can not purchase any knife is not aligned with the actual legislation changes.
The only thing that has changed is that you need to be 18 to purchase a knife.
Ebay should just implement age verification and stop this ridiculous heavy handed policy that prevents legitimate users such as myself from purchasing legal items.
kh-federico
·9 months agoHi everyone,
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agr.anth
·9 months agoIts not even illegal to buy Knives in Qld, you just need to be over 18 but ebay is enforcing laws that do not exist.. Victoria is the only state its illegal..
padi*0409
·9 months agoOK, but eBay has no way of verifying the buyers age.................
hennohimself
·9 months agoSo how come I can buy alcohol on ebay?
padi*0409
·9 months agoYes you can, BUT you have to provide age verification on delivery.
https://www.ebay.com.au/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/alcohol-policy?id=4274
sandypebbles
·9 months agoIf you are genuinely interested, look up the policy for alcohol
At least it's not as bad as the person complaining they can't buy a knife from a seller on eBay because they are in Queensland, but they can buy sex toys
Apples and oranges
eugene000
·10 months agoI agree, there is a new age verification to be needed for this stupid website
exaetherus
·1 year agoEbay has lifted their knife sales restrictions. I just tested by buying a cheap knife, had no problems. I am very pleased they actually listened to us.
speer4000
·1 year agoI can't even buy a Gerber Prybird Utility Multi-Tool. It's a Stanley blade tool with a prybar, absolutely ridiculous. Can't buy work tools.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThey have a blade and are restricted by Qld Law.
hennohimself
·1 year agoThey are not restricted for people 18+.
I can buy alcohol from ebay. And I can buy axes and knives in retails stores. There are no restrictions for me, so why is ebay restricting me.
padi*0409
·1 year agoYes, but you can only sell alcohol on eBay if you have a liquor license.
hennohimself
·1 year agoFalse equivalence as ebay seller restrictions are not the issue being discussed. Besides, you do not need a license to sell knives or axes in any capacity; all of the restrictions are applied to purchasers under 18. But even if there was a 'blade licence' for sellers, the current restrictions would still not allow me to purchase.
The fact remains that it is entirely legal for me to purchase bladed tools in QLD and yet ebay will not allow it. But does allow it for other heavily restricted items, providing you can prove you meet those restrictions. Like alcohol.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThat is the restriction, over 18 you must be able to supply suitable age verification as declared via legislation.
Ebay does not have a method to comply with legislation and as such has enacted a blanket ban.
At least this item is actually on the restricted list.
hennohimself
·1 year agoLegislation you say. Methods of proof you say. So explain to me how can I buy alcohol on ebay but not an garden axe or kitchen knife?
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoBecause of what ID is deemed valid under the specific legislation. The specific legislation regarding knives etc has nothing to do with legislation regarding liquor/alcohol, and vice versa.
The sale of liquor is dependant on the individual seller holding a liquor licence, and the individual seller is legally responsible, for every sale meeting their licence conditions including age verification. Ebay holds no legal responsibility under the liquor act.
Under Qlds knife legislation ebay and each and every seller is held legally responsible, (no responsibility applies to the buyer), however ebay has no way of verifying that an individual seller is abiding by the legislation.
The legislation itself is also contrary to ebays Legal T&C's.
Due to the penalties that can be applied to ebay, for what is effectively beyond there control, In contrast to ebay terms, and given the fact that ebay can not legally be compelled to permit the sale of any particular item. Don't expect the blanket QLD ban on sales of restricted and controlled items, to change anytime soon.
In the mean time you could learn to understand the legislation, and lodge a formal complaint with your local MP, (you could also pen a letter of appreciation to Jacks parents, for trampling on your rights)
exaetherus
·1 year agoI read your comment as "Slurp slurp, mmm yummy, boots taste good."
You need to sign for knives at the post office, i.e. provide ID. If it's a restricted item, the necessity to check age will show up for the postie.
Either way, zero laws about selling knives to QLD online, therefore the rule was ridiculous, therefore the rule has been removed as of sometime between this post and my comment.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoSeems the policy is still active
Straight from ebay checkout
If you read the entire thread, you will see that I am aware some listings are taking advantage of a loophole in the system, and I have purchased and had a number of items shipped to Queensland, just to prove it is possible.
However there has been no change to Qld legislation, and ebay has not advised of any change to the policy.
Slurp slurp, mmm yummy, boots taste good." Not my fault you are illiterate.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agogutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThe policy was last updated on 29th May 2025
To include the ban of machete's to Victoria.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoYes the law extends to online sales, backyard sales etc, and also sales from outside Qld
Scroll down for the amendment
Part 3Amendment of Summary Offences Act 2005
5Act amended
6Insertion of new pt 2, div 4B
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoJust to add, yes you can buy axes and knives in B&M stores, and if you appear to be under 25, your age verification must be sighted and recorded.
Many B&M stores who also have an online site, will now sell restricted items online, but require that the item is picked up from there nearest outlet, so as to comply with the legislation.
exaetherus
·1 year agoThe restriction is no longer in place. I bought a knife to test it. Go nuts I guess
exaetherus
·1 year agoThere is zero restriction. Any dangerous object has to be signed for or picked up from the LPO, so the postal service naturally applies restrictions on such purchases anyway. The Ebay rule has been appealed after I presume many buyers and sellers alike complained
brenno.k1
·1 year agoYour point is what exactly? Trying to scold me for having a rant. "Blah blah there are restrictions here there and everywhere so you may as well just accept it". Some people are willing to fight for what they believe in. So YOU roll over and take it. This is part of a bigger movement that has already disempowered Australian people to become weak men like yourself.
Not that a knife is even a weapon. It's a tool. As is a pointy stick. It becomes a weapon when a person employs it to do that job. So you can outlaw knives and spears and toothpicks all you want but real people will never bend down to such rubbish and will hold the companies and leadership accountable.
There is a real issue here. We should be giving kids knives, and showing them how to use them. Teaching proper values, respect and discipline but we can't exactly because of bull**bleep** like this and the bull**bleep** safety warriors and those accept it.
You think that "the Qld definition" of a knife means anything to me?
The reason eBay and legislators continue in their utterly delusional self righteous crusades that destroy our society... Is because you let them.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoIf you bothered to read this thread in its entirety, you would know that I do not agree with what is very poor legislation, and have been advising members from day one to complain to their local member, ranting on ebay and blaming ebay will achieve nothing.
You do not seem well informed on the subject, your pointy stick even meets the definition of a knife, but hey that means nothing to you. Have you bothered to read any of the legislation, did you make your objections known before any phases of jacks law were introduced, or have you just stumbled on it as an issue on ebay,
Are you aware that the majority of Qld retailers who still sell knives online, will no longer ship them and require them to be picked up from their nearest outlet.
When was the last time you bought an axe or any similar tool in a B&M store in Qld.
And by the way there is nothing stopping you from giving a knife to a person under 18
brenno.k1
·1 year agoQueensland is being run by the 'safety' warriors, morally underdeveloped childlike Karen's who think the answer to all our social issues is restriction. A knife, is an edged piece of hard material. If you want to restrict knives to solve youths carrying them you are even stupider than you look. Ebay I am looking at you.
You cowardly, self righteous, corporate controlled worms in govt and in companies like eBay who respond like this. You who signed off on restricting Queenslanders from buying knives. I can go to my kitchen drawer and take a knife that is deadly as a weapon. I can walk to the road and take a large rock that is deadly or make a spear from anything. I can still buy a concealable combat knife from ANYWHERE. Drugs are illegal and I don't see any drug addicts having supply problems anytime EVER despite huge busts all the time. Crackheads are still high and any youth who wants will still have a knife. You idiots! You think you can restrict my right as a free citizen to buy a pocket knife for hiking or a collector's knife over this. One of the first tools of mankind is illegal? What is next it's illegal to buy a fork? Pathetic morons.
You missed not just the point, you went full retard.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoHope you feel better now, but your rant wont change a thing;
Have you noticed coles has removed all knives from sale, Australia Wide. Other companies are bound to follow suit.
Many Qld retailers, no longer carry knives, restricted or not. Vic has just passed laws to control the sale and use of machetes but as yet they don't have a definition of a machete, bet it will cover far more than most would consider a machete.
NSW & WA have already implemented parts of Jacks Law and will probably implement additional parts in the future.
By the way, a spear meets the Qld definition of a knife
themoviepropshop
·1 year agoOk so I just spoke to an ebay rep. To make sure this doesn't happen being over 18 you need to add a valid credit card to your account and then you can purchase.
hennohimself
·1 year agoI've always had multiple valid credit cards on my account and I can no longer buy axe heads or handles or kitchen knives or anything of that sort despite being legally able to do so in the state.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoSounds like a CS BS,
Likewise I use credit cards to purchase, but still get blocked from buying knives etc, not surprising as paying with CC does not rate a mention in the Qld legislation, as a valid form of ID or age verification.
themoviepropshop
·1 year agoAhh just tried to bid on a WW2 Katana handle... Not a blade, just the wooden handle... I am about to stop using eBay tbh. Over it
handle... Not a knife and not a sword... What the...
twyngwyn
·1 year agoyou could message the seller and ask them to remove the word 'sword' from the title......then you could buy???
fpsrelic
·1 year agoDoes Ebay do this with Western Australia now that there are laws in place there restricting the sale of knives to minors?
davewil1964
·1 year agoTry to buy one and you will know.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoWhat does the WA legislation say.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoWell, now coles is pulling all knives from sale, Australia wide, due to another juvenile, now charged with attempted murder of a coles staff member.
As with ebay, coles is under no obligation, to sell or allow to be sold any product be it a knife or anything else.
How many other retailers will follow suit. ( plenty have already done so in Qld)
Coles to stop selling kitchen knives after Queensland stabbing
Just to add, there are far more dangerous products in every supermarket, hardware store and most houses
shirlandpaul09
·1 year agoI agree. As a collector of bayonets at the age of 52. I think this is totally crazy. Therefore I cannot sell bayonets either on Ebay now I guess.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoAt present you should still be able to sell them, as long as the purchaser is outside of Qld.
Note,: other jurisdictions have already or are considering bringing in parts of Jacks Law, so in time these restrictions are likely to include other states as well.
dogsnutslics
·1 year agoHere Here Im so angry about this ,and all you get is Ai response ,im boycotting eBay!
sandypebbles
·1 year agoAgain, take it up with the law makers
I doubt you being 'angry' about a several months old policy change that you think ought not apply to you will change a thing
And nor it should
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoWhile your at it , also boycott all the online retailers, who will no longer ship such items, and now require items be collected in person in store.
dapa_1576
·1 year agoI couldn't bid on a hand plane **bleep**!!! This is beyond ridiculous. The juveniles they're trying to target wouldn't know what a hand plane is. I wonder if you can still purchase nail clippers???
davewil1964
·1 year agoMove.
Or use another online site - not run by 'AI'.
Or buy from a B&M, or their online store.
dapa_1576
·1 year ago"Move"
you're being more ridiculous than these rules.
A kinfe, I can understand. A handplane?? come on! Is there any record of someone using a handplane to attack someone... even the blade itself.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoPoint being, you have many other options
I have never heard of someone having to buy a handplane off a seller on eBay
As for your last question, I wouldn't know, have never 'Googled' it. However the 'people' who are going to attack another person would use whatever was in reach to do so
Hardly as if we are talking about decent/stable/'normal' people there
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThe blade itself, meets the Qld definition of a knife.
As for nail clippers, well if they include one of those metal fold out nail files, then yes they will meet the definition of a knife,
mdgli
·1 year ago😂🤣
cameron4006132
·1 year agoIt's just another bit of rubbish legislation foisted on the Queensland public by the last, far left state government. It's pathetic, I tried to buy a new electric knife to cut the Christmas turkey. Can't do it, I keep getting a QPS message saying you can't buy knives in Queensland. The legislation only applies to people under 18, and even though Ebay has all my details, there is no attempt to verify the age of the buyer. Ebay owes it to the the sellers and buyers using the site, to sort this out. I ended up buying it from amazon instead.
twyngwyn
·1 year agoeBay UK can do it:
eBay Sharpens Knife Policy in UK - EcommerceBytes
sandypebbles
·1 year agoThere you go
You have choices, as does every single other buyer
'far left', please
That is simply a comment from someone with no valid argument
eBay does not 'owe' it to those who stamp their foot and demand anything/any item be allowed to be sent to their location . It is like those who want to demand eBay allow them to buy plants which are restricted to their state, or items from overseas that are not allowed through customs
People are well of the rules by now, so why even attempt to buy something you know you can't
Nobody has to buy anything (knives included) from eBay alone
And nor do eBay care (or even know) you bought elsewhere
philbe67
·1 year agojust buy through Aliexpress no dumb knee jerk reactions there.
Ebay has really been dropping off anyway seems sellers are going elsewhere.
k1ooo-slr-sales
·1 year agojust customs to worry about
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThe law even applies to Aliexpress, just tested it out and was met with this
AliExpress commitment
This product can't be shipped to your address.Select another product or address.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoUntil it comes to customs confiscating said weapons of course
Sorry to burst your bubble
xtreme.survival
·1 year agoI am sure you have to be 18 years old to open an eBay account and/or have a credit card to make a purchase. So this is just DUMB!
brickworksmarket
·1 year agoGood to see mower blades are still able to be purchased.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoUntil someone realizes they meet the definition of a knife, slasher blades are actually referred to as knives,
highwindengineer03
·1 year agoRecently encountered this problem when bidding for an item, but the item in question is *not* a knife but a collectible chisel.
It’s really bizarre. I’ve confirmed with the seller that the item chisel is in the correct category (not a knife), so I’m unsure what to do now.
k1ooo-slr-sales
·1 year agomaybe, eBay's thinking is "if it can cut butter, it's a knife"
padi*0409
·1 year agoChris, I was going through my saved searches yesterday and came across an Australian made axe that was also not permitted for Queensland resident to bid on.
It definitely wasn't in the "knife" category, so it would appear that anything with an edge on it falls under the ban in Queensland.
Oh, and the seller is registered in Queensland....................
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoAxes are in the real naughty corner Padi, shops have to keep them under lock and key.
And No I am not joking. (Also applies if you are having a garage/lawn sale.)
A chisel may actually meet the definition of a knife! Still trying to actually figure out what constitutes a knife.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoJust to add.
Got this from a Qld lawyers site. It refers to what may constitute a knife under the Qld weapons Act.
While it might be a simple and silly question, it’s a valid one that helps clarify the law. Under the Weapons Act 1990, a knife is anything sharpened or pointed object that can be used with one or both hands to potentially wound and threaten someone.
This definition means that even seemingly ordinary objects can be considered knives under the Act if they meet these criteria:
Some of the best examples of non-traditional knives that can be classified as knives under the Weapons Act are:
twyngwyn
·1 year agobiros, toothpicks, syringes, I'll stop now 🙄
domino-710
·1 year agoYou can actually add a screwdriver to this.
Everything has the potential to be a weapon.
Good grief Queensland.
twyngwyn
·1 year agoYep, back to the Stone Age....no, you can get pointy stones, too! Next, they'll be banning fire....
padi*0409
·1 year agoYou'd better not take those 4 inch stilletto heels with you on a holiday to Queensland Dom. 🤣
sandypebbles
·1 year agosugar249
·1 year agoMay also depend how the ad is worded, whats the item number
emperion9
·1 year agoAccording to Ebay, as a 40 year old I can no longer be trusted to purchase a dull edged Cheese knife set as I happen to live in Queensland.
Slow clap Ebay for putting in the absolute minimum amount of effort to comply by blanket banning the whole state.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoWhen you can figure out how ebay and every individual seller is supposed to comply with legislation, let us know.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoAs a 40 year old what is the fixation with having to buy the cheese knife on eBay?
And why even try when you know you are not allowed to?
Was announced in July so not like there has not been enough time by now to find elsewhere to buy
sugar249
·1 year agoI guess as a 40 year old, you will have a solution for Ebay to comply.
mundi011
·1 year agoi just wanna buy a food processor from Sydney into Queensland via ebay and im even over 18, but ebay restriction wont allow it.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoLast week I was denied purchase of an exempt item, on Friday got a message from ebay telling me to continue where I left off. Purchase now permitted.
Note, only got this message for 1 of several exempt items that were denied.
terry_1971
·1 year agoI am trying to buy a bread slicer on eBay because I make my own bread, these don't have a knife included. The Queensland warning comes up and I not able to purchase the item. I have tried multiple sellers, and I get the same message. I have contacted the eBay robot, and it doesn't know what I am talking about. I have also contacted one of the sellers, they also don't know what I am talking about.
stormboy04
·1 year agoWith the Ebay chat, you need to keep clicking on different questions so that it eventually connects you to a real person who you can chat with, so you can make a complaint.
extac.outdoors
·1 year agoHas anyone found out a way to find if an item is restricted or not? We sell many training swords, knife sharpeners and they are restricted because of the wording. Ebay tells me there is no way for a seller to see if an item is restricted or not, it can only be done on checkout.
gutterpunkz05
·1 year agoThere are also restrictions on training swords, batons etc, under the weapons policy.
stormboy04
·1 year agoYes. Go to the National Retailers Association website and there is a table which lists exempt, controlled and restricted knife and blade items. https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:d3181df4-e31b-4495-b8bb-3af2e4a36fb8
camoandlead
·1 year agoYeah absolutely stupid.
trevor5869
·1 year agoThank you for all the work you have put into this. I was shocked this afternoon when I tried to order some Swann Morton blades that I use for my hobby work, and a big red sign came up to say I was not allowed to purchase them because of the QLD Legislation.
Anyway, if things go as stormboy04 reports above, we may be able to order them in about a week's time. I can wait a week. Otherwise I suppose its a case of finding a local surgical supplies store or a hobby store than stocks them.
Best regards to all.
stormboy04
·1 year agoYou're welcome Trevor. As the Ebay rep told me, "try to purchase them again in another 7 days," and let me know how you went? I'm also going to let one of the Ebay sellers I tried to purchase the scalpel blades from know that Queensland customers should be able to purchase from them in another week (fingers crossed).