White powder sent to Indonesian consulates

White powder sent to three Indonesian consulates in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, is being investigated by the Australian Federal Police

Victorian police respond to a suspicious substance

White powder sent to three Indonesian consulates is being investigated by Australian Federal Police. (AAP)

Three Indonesian consulates in Australia have been sent white powder.

Australian Federal Police responded to separate chemical scares at consulates in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth on Wednesday.

"The substance at the Perth and Melbourne locations have been deemed non-hazardous and the substance at Sydney has been taken away for further testing," an AFP spokeswoman said on Wednesday night.

"The AFP is investigating all three matters."

The first incident happened in Perth, about 11.45am local time.

A man was assessed at the Sydney scene by paramedics but did not require treatment.

Indonesian consulates in Australia were also targeted before and after the executions of Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

A woman threw red paint-filled balloons at the Sydney consulate in March, before the men died.

Police say she used the balloons to splatter paint on the footpath to apparently make it look like blood stains.

Small protests happened outside the Darwin consulate and Indonesian embassy in Canberra in the hours after the men were executed.


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