While the Victorian Government was busy spruiking Australia’s first machete ban and the big amnesty bin rollout in September 2025, Outlaw Media has obtained the full internal tender files that no mainstream outlet or independent has ever seen.
These are the raw emails, rejections and secret briefings that show exactly how the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) scrambled to get 60 secure surrender bins built, installed and running in under six months.





