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About that Australia Day billboard…

19 January 2017

7:30 AM

19 January 2017

7:30 AM

billboardSo. About this Australia Day-hijab-billboard thing.

A billboard promoting Australia Day celebrations that featured two girls in hijabs has been taken down from a site in Melbourne after threats and abuse were directed at the advertising company.

Of course, the UPF had their say:

The United Patriots Front, a far-right group opposed to immigration, published an image of the billboard on its Facebook page on January 13, which has since been widely shared.

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