Small fires were lit and windows smashed and graffitied at Federal Labor MP Josh Burns' office.
The member for Macnamara, who is Jewish, has been targeted in the past by vandals who defaced his election posters. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Burns said his St Kilda office was damaged in a "politically motivated attack". Liberal MP Josh Frydenburg said on X the attack was "despicable and dangerous" while independent MP Monique Ryan said it amounted to anti-semitism.
The group smashed windows and graffitied the walls in red paint with slogans that read: 'Zionism is fascism'. Police are investigating the circumstances and have shut down Barkly Street in both directions. The attack is a distressing escalation that needs to be dialled back down, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. "How people think that they advance their cause through activities like this is beyond me. It does nothing.
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