Labor MP Peter Khalil’s electorate office sprayed with red paint and unknown substances

Federal Labor MP Peter Khalil says a suspected vandal attack overnight -- has left his Melbourne office smelling like an abattoir.

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00:00So, a really concerning story coming out of Melbourne this morning.

00:06Staff for the Labor MP, Peter Kalil, arrived at the office this morning and they could

00:12see that there was red paint on the exterior of the building.

00:17There was also an upside down red triangle, which is a symbol that has been associated

00:24with Hamas, which has indicated that it's a military target.

00:29That's the symbol that Hamas has used in the past.

00:32And then also, probably most concerning, a liquid inside Peter Kalil's Melbourne office.

00:41Peter Kalil's office has been vandalised before, but Peter Kalil, who is also the Envoy for

00:47Social Cohesion, thinks this is an escalation.

00:51He's pointing to the fact that there is this symbol that's been painted on the back door

00:56of his office, also this unknown liquid that has been sprayed or poured inside the building.

01:03Police are investigating this and there's actually a team on site there at the moment.

01:09Hazmat teams have been there.

01:10There's a team on site there at the moment, testing what this liquid that has been poured

01:16or sprayed into the building actually is.

01:19At the moment, there's still a stench emanating from the building.

01:25Here is what Peter Kalil has had to say about that.

01:29The spell was unbearable.

01:30You couldn't, even from the outside, it was very difficult.

01:33So people went in, the hazmat team went in with their suits and their oxygen masks to

01:38take the test, test the material.

01:40There's a lab here that they're going through the initial test to ensure, to find out what

01:45it is.

01:46So it's an active crime scene in that respect.

01:49Labor MP Peter Kalil describing the suspected vandal attack on his office overnight.