TWO people have been charged and detectives are hunting other offenders over an ongoing anti-G20 campaign spreading around Cairns.

A 39-year-old North Cairns man and 47-year-old Holloways Beach woman will appear in Cairns Magistrates Court this month charged with wilful damage, after a series of stickers were found around the city last Friday reading: “G20 serves the 1%.”

It comes after police were called to Greenslopes St in Edge Hill on Wednesday night, where both that message and “G20 benefits the 1%” had been spray-painted on either side of the road.

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Cairns police Detective Acting Inspector Jason Smith said officers were working to identify who was behind the road graffiti.

“Obviously, with the Finance Ministers meeting in Cairns, we’re keen to identify who is responsible and whether or not the incident might demonstrate a threat to the event or the wider community,” he said.

“This is really the start of it.

“But just from a community perspective, there is nothing to show that this is a threat to the event or the community.”

He said the same message had also been written in chalk on the Cairns Esplanade bike path last Thursday and an investigation led to the pair being charged on Wednesday.

It is not alleged they were behind the Edge Hill incident.

Members of the public have reported seeing the stickers around the city, some bearing the Guy Fawkes mask associated with the “Anonymous” activist group.

Acting Insp. Smith said a detective from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch had been tasked with investigating incidents related to the G20 meeting, which is taking place in Cairns on September 20-21.

“These sorts of incidents are anticipated and we’ve got an investigation group established at Cairns CIB,” he said.

“If anyone from the public sees anything like this, please report it to us.”