Aimed at dissuading vandalism and damages to public property, Mr Karavas is promoting the council policy that rewards information about damages, with a catch – the defendants have to be convicted.

If this happens however, you can be given up to $5,000 by the council, depending on the level of damage that was reported.

Mr Karavas is eager to make sure that those that defile public property have a reckoning for their actions.

“I think that we need to come together as a community to make sure that these kind of things aren’t happening,” he said of the bus shelter vandalism.

“Awareness is really important, I shared the council vandalism policy when I found it the other day and have tried to share it on social media so people can see it.”

“It’s gained a lot of people voicing their opinions and the response has been positive to these council incentives so far.”

Mr Karavas also thinks that this will change the opinion of people sharing information about incidents, and reveals there’s already been a good response from locals.

“From what I’ve heard from this incident over the weekend, many people have been trying to share information already,” Mr Karavas said.

“We’ve already received a series of Snapchat videos from someone claiming to know who broke the glass. However, this needs to be official when it’s reported.”

“Social media has a great reach and gets to a lot of people, but we need to be focused in on providing the information to the council and to the police, not just social media and your friends.”

If you have seen damages to public property, or acts of vandalism that may be reported to council and the police, make sure that you officially report it so that you can be eligible for the council incentives if further action is taken.