Liberal MP Julian Leeser has become the latest federal election candidate to be targeted with anti-Semitic abuse.
Mr Lesser, who holds the Sydney seat of Berowra and is a practising Jew, said Monday that his campaign material had been defaced on several occasions with swastikas, Hitler moustaches and most recently, dollar signs for eyes.
"I have been involved in political campaigns in Berowra for 15 years but I have never seen anything like this before," he said on Facebook.
Mr Lesser labeled those responsible as "merchants of hate" and has since reported the matter to federal police.
"The $$ refer to old anti-Semitic lies of an international Jewish banking conspiracy; that Jews have control of the world's money supply. These sentiments were used by Nazis and others who have sought to spread hatred of Jews for centuries," he said.
"I find it hard to believe that in 2019 we are witnessing anti-Semitic incidents on an unprecedented scale. Long discredited anti-Semitic ideas are now being given credence by the far Right and the far Left. And with social media unchallenged anti-Semitic ideas spread quickly."
Member for Berowra Julian Leeser.
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It comes after posters of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg were similarly vandalised with Nazi-inspired graffiti.
Images of Mr Frydenberg in his Melbourne electorate of Kooyong have been defaced with Hitler moustaches, swastikas and devil horns.
On Saturday, Mr Frydenberg tweeted his abhorrence to the "cowardly and criminal act" and said the incidents were "about a broader and disturbing trend in society of anti-Semitism and intolerance".
Two of the vandalised posters.
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