Beaconsfield residents have been left outraged after a flyer containing white supremacist ideology was distributed to residential letterboxes over the weekend.
The flyers, which were found by shocked residents on Sunday morning, 15 January, reportedly consisted of a call to arms to join an organisation that echoes white supremacist sentiments.
The flyer said the organisation’s mission was “the preservation and advancement of white people in Australia”.
It is understood the material also contained contact details for the organisation.
Beaconsfield resident Katrina said she was “very concerned” to find the flyer in her mailbox on Sunday afternoon.
“I just hope I’m not living amongst it… it’s concerning to think there could be people like that living in Beaconsfield,” she said.
“We are a community of all different races and I’d hate to think anyone’s being targetted…it’s alarming.”
The resident she is concerned that the material could get into the wrong hands.
“I don’t want anything violent happening in our little community…I’ve got a teenager and I don’t want him reading that type of thing,” she said.
Berwick MP Brad Battin said he was shocked to hear the material had been circulated in his electorate.
“It shocks me that people in my electorate think this way, let alone put this kind of material in people’s letterboxes,” he said.
“This kind of material and behaviour from the extreme elements of the community is not accepted and should be called out for what it is, which is pure racism.
“I strongly condemn the material and any such act due to its offensive nature.”
It is unknown how many residents received the flyers, but Mr Battin confirmed it affected at least five streets in Beaconsfield.
“Victoria is one of the best multicultural places in the world for a reason, it’s because we work together, we learn from each other and we do so harmoniously,” Mr Battin said.
“I’d hate to imagine for a person who has immigrated here and received this in their letterbox, the offence they would feel.”
