Hawzah News Agency - Police said they had been alerted to offensive slogans being displayed at several locations along the freeway just after 9.30am on Saturday — the day of the federal election.
A witness provided SBS News photos of several of the banners which read: No black votes should count; No Muslim votes should count; and Only Aussie votes should count. The witness, who asked to remain anonymous, described the scenes as "disgusting".
"Imagine having a little Asian child [or] a Muslim child in the back of a seat just driving with your family on a Saturday morning, and then you just see this racism'', the witness, who is an Australian Muslim, told SBS News. "It's just disturbing''.
A Victoria Police spokesperson told SBS News in a statement: Police have been told people were seen congregating on several foot and vehicle overpass bridges in the vicinity of Huntingdale Road.
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