Dennis is dead (as mentioned), as is his half-brother Victor Pierce (one time bodyguard of Melbourne Ndrangheta boss Frank Benvenuto) and family matriarch "Granny Evil" Kath Petingill released her memoirs a while back.

Although Kath had many other children, those two were by far the most well known and notorious. Despite a number of her offspring still being alive and almost certainly still involved in various criminal pursuits, the Petingill's influence has largely waned in recent years, despite various family members still making in news now and then (In 09, Victor's daughter Katie died of an alleged heroin overdoes at 24. At the time of her death, she and her mother were facing charges for allegedly organising a meat-cleaver assualt on the father of a woman who was dating Katie's ex-partner.