Source: The Guardian
Anti-racism campaigners have called for the return of an Australia Day billboard in Melbourne which was taken down after the company allegedly received threats over the inclusion of a photo showing two young Muslim girls.
The billboard, which advertised an RACV-sponsored festival in Kings Domain Gardens, included rolling photographs: one showed two young girls wearing hijabs and holding Australian flags.
The picture was taken at last year’s Australia Day event in Docklands, but a photograph of it on the billboard was posted to the Facebook page of the far-right group United Patriots Front, sparking hundreds of complaints and bigoted comments.
After threats were received, the billboard was removed by the outdoor media company which hosted it, according to the Victorian minister for multicultural affairs, Robin Scott.
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