The Australian Sex Party's Senate candidate for the ACT has hit out at what he calls censorship, after the Territory Government requested he take down signs it deemed "offensive".

Steven Bailey, who is running as a candidate in the July 2 election, put up roadside posters around Canberra.

One of the signs depicts a hand with its middle finger raised with the text "screw the major parties".

Another set of signs with the message "tax the churches" had also been taken from the roadside by rangers, however the Government claimed that was done for safety reasons.

Mr Bailey said he was told the signs had to be removed by a Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) city ranger.

"He informed me that they'd made a determination that two of my roadside corflutes are causing offence to the public," he said.

"It's a load of bullshit really.

"I can understand how some people can find the message 'screw the major parties' offensive, but taxing the church is a very legitimate and important policy that the Australian Sex Party has, for that to be censored is just ridiculous."

No determination on 'tax the church' message

Earlier, TAMS director of city services Fleur Flannery said both signs had been deemed to breach the code of practice governing signage on public land.

However she later said the Government had made no determination on the "tax the church" signs, and that rangers had taken the signs because they had previously been knocked over.

"We asked the Sex Party to remove signs with an offensive hand gesture, other signs were also taken by rangers that noted 'tax the churches'," Ms Flannery said.

"They were removed by persons unknown or wind, and the ranger picked them up and took them.

"We didn't ask for the signs that had 'tax the churches' to be removed."

Ms Flannery said a member of the public had since contacted TAMS, complaining that the 'tax the churches' signs were offensive.

"We are monitoring that situation, but we haven't yet asked the Sex Party to remove those signs," she said.