If you notice graffiti in parks, public parking areas or other council lands in Stonnington, you can report it, and we will organise to remove it.
Every week, we proactively inspect and remove graffiti on council land to ensure that all public areas in the City of Stonnington can be enjoyed by all.
What is graffiti?
Graffiti means the defacing, damaging, tagging, writing, or drawing of symbols or images onto any surface, typically with paint, without the council's or property owner's permission.
Graffiti is a form of vandalism, and perpetrators should be reported to the police on 000.
Graffiti is different to street art. Street art is for the benefit of the surrounding community where the artist has obtained the Council's or property owner's permission.
What we remove
You can report graffiti that is on:
- poles and walls in public areas
- park benches, playgrounds and other park equipment
- your home or property, provided it is seen from council areas and less than 2 metres high
- some utility assets, power poles, and bridge overpasses and underpasses, where safe to do so.
What we do not remove
We cannot remove graffiti that is not in or visible from council areas or graffiti that falls within one of the below categories:
- inaccessible, or over 2 metres high
- on public transport, such as trains, or other transport areas, bus shelters
- telephone boxes
- sections of laneways more than 3 metres back from a main street
- inside private buildings
- on building sites
- in abandoned or derelict buildings.
What you can do
If we cannot remove the graffiti, we encourage you to:
- pick up one of our graffiti removal kits from our service centres during business hours
- report the graffiti to the specific organisation that manages the specific piece of infrastructure:
- train or train station: Contact Metro Trains on 1800 900 007
- telephone boxes or poles: Contact Telstra on 13 22 00
- bus shelters - contact Ooh! Media 1300 791 989
- tram shelters - contact PTV 1800 800 007
What's in a graffiti removal kit
Removal kits includes safety equipment, 500ml graffiti remover and a cloth.