Seb Costello

was the subject of an arson attack.

So, you know, I don't think that was linked, but, you know, it was a real coincidence, that's for sure.

So, look, they're asking for help from both the politicians and the police.

And, you know, as I say, a lot of them are making themselves scarce.

I mean, what really concerned people was when we saw not just, you know,

you know, outside their homes.

You know, there was a nightclub promoter who was bashed outside his home in the eastern suburbs one evening.

He was taken to hospital.

The crooks then returned to his family home, kicked in the door and bashed his dad, you know, and the dad, you know, was not a nightclub figure.

So, yeah, there's some real nervousness, you know, when these incidents spill out into the suburbs and it just kind of gives a lot of people an uneasy feeling about the lawlessness of it all.

I do.

From my observation, police have a really good sightline on who the kids are and whether that means they've got a, you know, they've been able to peep into the way the encrypted app works or whether they've got moles inside the criminal organisation.

Because, for example, that Templestowe bashing, I reported on it one Wednesday and by the Thursday, police had rounded up the three kids who were suspected of doing it.

So they seem to be able to pick up the foot soldiers fairly quickly.

Building a big case against a crime boss takes a lot longer.

But for a 10-day period between last week and the week before, there were no attacks.

Then we had the one I mentioned at the bar where the opposition leader had held a secret meeting.

So...

I think people are nervous.

You know, I saw some young people who were being interviewed on TV the other night.