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SYDNEY MELBOURNE BRISBANE NEWCASTLE Shore Hire_2016_FPC_Updated.indd 1 10/02/2016 12:40:46 PM EDITORS COLUMN Tagged and Trashed... How much are we going to spend before we clamp down on vandalism? Dear Readers, these types of comments, I believe that the Furthermore, the sort of ‘mixed biggest issue is that any type of positive messages’ that are still being sent about Considering the amount of time and public commentary about graffiti vandalism graffiti - both in relation to the cost and resources that have been invested in graffiti can appear as ‘tacit approval’ for vandalism seriousness of the problem, and in terms prevention programs over recent years, I in all its forms. of trying to attach artistic and/or cultural must admit to being more than just a little Graffiti continues to be one of the most ‘value’ to graffiti - only serve to confuse disappointed that graffiti vandalism is still expensive and time-consuming public the issue. If you’ll excuse the pun, painting so rampant throughout Australia. maintenance issues facing councils, graffiti in a favourable light - for whatever Before I continue, I would like to clarify householders, government authorities and reason - only runs a risk of encouraging that I do understand the difference private sector companies today. To suggest more graffiti. between graffiti vandalism and ‘street that we should somehow turn a ‘blind This doesn’t mean that we should art’. Indeed, many inner-city laneways (in eye’ to graffiti vandalism is, I believe, both throw our hands up in despair believing Melbourne in particular) are adorned with totally misguided and highly irresponsible. nothing can be done or, worse still, take an ‘legally applied’ street art which is quite Even though a number of Australian apologist view and start making excuses for magnificent. councils have had significant success graffiti - quite the contrary. When I refer to ‘graffiti vandalism’, I in reducing the incidence of graffiti I believe that the best way to address am referring to is illegally applied graffiti, (generally through costly, on-going the problem is to remove that prestige. particularly the mindless application of tags programs of rapid removal and repair), Rather than allowing graffiti vandals to to practically any and/or every available it’s a sad fact that even for these councils, view their individual ‘tags’ as something to surface – a crass and destructive act of removing graffiti and repairing graffiti- be proud of, a ‘zero tolerance’ approach vandalism by any measure. One only has related damage continues to be a day-to- will see their tags become nothing more to look to any newly completed major day battle. than a handy method of identifying and infrastructure project (for those of you Unfortunately, while we may have prosecuting repeat offenders. Granted, who are familiar with Melbourne, the newly come a long way in some areas of graffiti widespread media campaigns and major upgraded Metropolitan Ring Road provides management, I believe that one of the main policing operations carry a significant cost; the ideal example) to see the speed and reasons that we continue to suffer at the however, when one considers the time, extent to which almost every available hands of graffiti vandals is that we, as a cost and resources currently allocated surface is covered with tags or randomly society, have failed to address some of the to removing graffiti and repairing the vandalised in some other manner. core issues surrounding graffiti. In addition associated damage, the cost benefits of Despite this, there are still some ‘cultural to problems caused by easy access to spray a ‘zero tolerance’ approach are easy to and social experts’ that will publicly paints, large format permanent markers, envisage. espouse the value of self-expression gained and other graffiti ‘tools of choice’, we are through graffiti or (my personal favourite) yet to attach any real penalties to graffiti the ‘valuable cultural capital’ that our cities vandalism. could gain when graffiti gangs post photos As such, I believe that graffiti vandalism of illegal graffiti activities and results on continues to be viewed by many of the underground Internet sites. Regardless of perpetrators as a simple case of ‘No Anthony T Schmidt the fact that I couldn’t disagree more with Consequence - No Regrets’. 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