Crowdfunding effort might just bring back the billboard racists helped remove
 

Crowdfunding effort might just bring back the billboard racists helped remove
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A crowdfunding campaign hopes to reinstall an Australia Day billboard that was taken down after the company behind it received threats.

The digital billboard featured two young girls in hijabs with an Australian flag, and advertised the local government's upcoming Australia Day celebrations in Melbourne on Jan. 26.*

Launched Wednesday, the campaign on GoFundMe has received more than A$14,000 ($10,561) in just two hours.

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An image of the Carrum Downs billboard was posted on a number of rightwing Facebook groups over the weekend, according to AAP, and was later ******* by the outdoor media company QMS after it received threats. QMS declined to comment on the nature of the threats. Read more...

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