From Australia's election campaign - Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's billboard defaced with nazi imagery.

Targeting of candidates during federal election campaign 'deeply disturbing', 'utterly unacceptable'

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described Nazi imagery painted over one of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's billboards as a "deeply disturbing" sign of "ugly hatred" in the election campaign.

Mr Frydenberg, who is Jewish, said the swastika and moustache painted over the billboard in his Melbourne seat of Kooyong was a cowardly and criminal act which was an insult to all victims of the Holocaust.

"This incident is not about me or my campaign, but about a broader and disturbing trend in society of antisemitism and intolerance," he said.

Mr Morrison said a supporter of Victorian Liberal MP Sarah Henderson had also been recently targeted during the campaign.

"One of the worst stories I have heard — true story — Sarah Henderson told me about it, she's obviously the Liberal member for Corangamite, down near Geelong," he said.

"One of her supporters had a poster of her in her yard. Someone shot her dog and put the body of the dog below her sign. I mean this is just appalling.

"Sure, we can disagree about these things but that doesn't give anyone the right to engage in this sort of ugly hatred."

A spokeswoman for Victoria Police said officers were aware of reports that a dog was shot and killed at a property in Apollo Bay on April 19, before being found by its owner the next day.

Police have not received an official complaint.

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen condemned the vandalism of Mr Frydenberg's campaign material, which has previously been targeted, as "utterly unacceptable".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-04/pm-condemns-targeting-of-candidates-in-federal-election-campaign/11080410

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