Labor MP’s Office Daubed With Pro-Palestinian Slogans

Published on October 14, 2024

Melbourne Labor MP Peter Khalil is the most recent parliamentarian to have their office vandalised by pro-Palestinian protesters, who not only sprayed it with red paint but forced “substances” into the building. Fellow Labor MP Josh Burns’ St Kilda office was damaged in June when vandals smashed the windows and painted the exterior with slogans, but the latest attack marks an escalation. Signage and the outside of Khalil’s office were sprayed with red paint overnight, while “land back” and “glory to the martyrs” were written along the walls. But the minister said “fire extinguishers and other kinds of propellants” had also been used to push “substances into the office.”...