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Senior Constable Biljana Luccio and Monash Mayor Tom Morrissey

Fighting graffiti vandalism, Senior Constable Biljana Luccio, Crime Prevention Officer for Cities of Monash, Whitehorse and Boroondara and Monash Mayor Tom Morrissey

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Monash Bulletin - 12 June 2007

Prevent, Report, Remove

To combat graffiti vandalism in Monash, a graffiti awareness campaign launched this month by Monash City Council is urging local residents to play their part in tackling the problem.

Featuring the slogan PREVENT, REPORT, REMOVE, Council has produced vibrant postcards which will be delivered to 64,000 residences in the municipality this month.

Printed on recycled paper, the postcard offers tips on keeping your property tag-free, encourages residents to report the graffiti to the local police station and appropriate authority and also promotes free graffiti kits available from Council.

As graffiti tends to attract more graffiti, Mayor Tom Morrissey is asking residents to remove graffiti from their property within 48 hours. "The goal is to remove graffiti as quickly as you can. The longer the graffiti stays up the more it encourages those individuals to go out and mark more buildings and fences."

Graffiti removal kits are available free of charge to City of Monash residents and can be picked up from the engineering counter at the Civic Centre, 293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley. Council encourages residents to first report the graffiti vandalism to local police.

There are two types of kits - for porous surfaces (eg: bricks, masonry) and non-porous surfaces (metal and hardstone). Each kit contains a scrub brush, applicator brush, disposable gloves, goggles, 500mL jar of graffiti Gel (in porous kit) and 250 mL bottle graffiti remover (in non-porous kit).

In February, Council made a submission on the Graffiti Prevention Exposure Draft Bill, which boosts penalties for offenders and creates new, stand-alone graffiti offences.

Under proposed new laws, police will be able to charge vandals with the specific offence of 'marking graffiti'. Offenders could be charged for being in possession of graffiti tools. If convicted, the proposed new offence of 'marking graffiti' could carry a maximum penalty of up to two years imprisonment.

The graffiti information and awareness postcards are funded under a Victorian Government grant from the Department of Justice and supported by the Victorian Police and Neighbourhood Watch.

The new postcards also promote hotlines established by Connex (to report graffiti on tram or train stations), VicRoads (for defaced traffic signals, road structures and signs) and United Energy Distribution (for electricity poles).

For more information or to report graffiti, please contact:

Monash City Council 9518 3690
Connex 1 800 800 705
VicRoads 13 11 71
United Energy Distribution 1 300 131 689

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Updated: 22 June 2007

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