00:02It's another busy day for these graffiti cleaners in Melbourne's south-east.
00:07Who are on a mission to clean up the mess left behind by vandals.
00:11It's pointless, I mean it's not even art, it's vandalism.
00:15From walls to pavements, Tim Kilworth and his team are in a race against time
00:19to clean local streets before they're tagged again.
00:23We're removing graffiti, 80% of the graffiti within one day.
00:26A lot of people treat it as actually an attack on themselves,
00:30so that actually is why they get so incredibly frustrated with it.
00:34Casey is one of Melbourne's most rapidly growing councils.
00:38Last year it answered over 7,000 graffiti removal requests
00:42and cleaned over 53,000 square metres.
00:46In perspective that is equivalent to repainting the MCG almost three times over.
00:51The council says about one third of what's removed is on state-owned sites,
00:56like busy rail corridors and street signs,
00:59so it wants the government to pay them back.
01:02We'd like them to take responsibility for their assets and act in a timely manner.
01:06The transport department says it undertakes regular graffiti cleaning in the area.
01:12With those dealing with the graffiti delivering a message for would-be vandals.
01:16We've got more paint than you.
01:25We've got more paint than you.
01:26You
