{"id":409824,"date":"2026-01-13T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:01:15","slug":"hateful-graffiti-in-welshpool-forces-town-to-act-swiftly-mayor-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409824\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hateful\u2019 graffiti in Welshpool forces town to act swiftly, mayor responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHateful graffiti\u201d has been reported in Welshpool by a member of the public, with the Town of Victoria Park acting as soon as it became aware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It is unclear what the graffiti said as it was removed swiftly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In a response online, Town of Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon said the town strives to be a welcoming and inclusive place for everyone and if residents or visitors see any graffiti to report it to the town \u201cimmediately\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe are proud of our continuing commitment to the values of inclusion and diversity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe want to make it clear that hate speech, discrimination and graffiti in all its forms has no place in our town and we will not tolerate such behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Whilst the Snap, Send, Solve App is a useful tool for reporting maintenance issues, as it forwards requests to the relevant local government authority for action via email, it is not recommended as a method for reporting any urgent matters to the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">For urgent issues, contact the town\u2019s customer service team on 9311 8111 during business hours or via our <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au\/about\/customer-service\/service-request-or-report-it\">service request webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The town has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHateful graffiti\u201d has been reported in Welshpool by a member of the public, with the Town of Victoria&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,505,135,44,46,84,18607,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-409824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-central","11":"tag-local-government","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-perth","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-southern","16":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}