Racist stickers seen on Melbourne trams

A MELBOURNE tram has been defaced by a white supremacist group promoting the Nazi swastika, days after they targeted Melbourne high schools with racist posters.

A taxi seen in Prahran was defaced with stickers promoting a racist Nazi group.

A WHITE supremacist group has vandalised a Melbourne tram with stickers promoting the Nazi swastika.

The route 72 tram was seen on on Thursday, defaced with 3-4 stickers advertising the Antipodean Resistance, a self-proclaimed Nazi group.

Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, Dr Dvir Abramovich, said it was troubling to see white supremacists “openly brandishing their racist and violent ideology”.

“This ugly act of vandalism, which violates our community’s values of acceptance and respect, is absolutely deplorable and is part of a spike in the number of such incidents,” he said.

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Racist posters seen at Melbourne high schools this week.

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“The response by government, police and leaders to this surge in extremism must be serious and tough so as to send the message that such brazen prejudice will never find a home in our city.”

Yarra Trams confirmed the stickers were removed when the defaced tram was returned to the depot.

Earlier this week, the Antipodean Resistance claimed responsibility for racist posters plastered across two elite Melbourne high schools.

Melbourne Grammar and Melbourne High School were targeted with posters advocating to "keep Australia white”, “stop the hordes” and even called for the killing of Jewish people to be legalised.