{"id":68567,"date":"2024-06-19T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=68567"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:45:46","slug":"pm-labels-attack-on-josh-burns-office-in-melbourne-as-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=68567","title":{"rendered":"PM labels attack on Josh Burns’ office in Melbourne as ‘serious’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal MP Josh Burns has described a vandalism attack on his Melbourne electoral office as “ugly and reckless”, while the Prime Minister has also called out the “serious” incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \ufeffMP for \ufeffMacnamara’s office on Barkly Street in St Kilda was extensively damaged after a group of six people smashed windows and painted walls with anti-Semitic slogans about 3.20am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police confirmed the group \ufeffalso started two small fires: one beside the office entrance and another outside the door facing the street where residential apartments are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vandals painted walls with anti-Semitic slogans. (Photograph by Chris Hopkins)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ufeff”Zionism is fascism” was spray-painted across the front of the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ufeffBurns fronted media today to condemn the “politically motivated attack”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was reckless vandalism of my office,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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