Dr. Xanthe Weston

Because these hospitality venues are well populated.

They're in busy areas.

Somebody's going to die soon.

And the police absolutely know that and they're doing everything they can to kind of try and get a handle on this.

But we've seen it before.

It's very difficult with these online organised networks who are anonymous and organising it.

Yeah, it's really hard.

The police are up against it.

So, yeah, we have to take away that reward system.

And I think the online platforms have got a huge part to play in this.

So great question.

You know, it's almost like we've reverted back to like the 1920s, isn't it?

You know, and you've got like the gangsters taking over the cities.

I think we're kind of seeing a bit more of that now.

We're seeing serious organized criminals

But what they're doing is actually engaging, recruiting young people, particularly online, and they are recruiting them, paying them a few hundred dollars to undertake these, as you say, you know, firebombings, attempted kidnappings, aggravated break and enters, all targeting these hospitality venues.

And I do think it's a continuation of what we saw with the tobacco wars, as they've been dubbed.

And it is a war.

There is a war on the streets.

when we saw firebombings of tobacconists over and over again, the same businesses being targeted.