Footage has emerged online of the surfboard timer along Brisbane’s Streets Beach at South Bank being lit on fire and doused in an accelerant with a message declaring “time is now up for the Commonwealth”.

The message attached to the video claims the fire was lit in support of Stolenwealth Games protesters — who were involved in five arrests made on the Gold Coast this week.

“Yesterday in Meanjin (Brisbane, so called Australia) we watched on social media as the police brutalised and arrested peaceful Stolenwealth Games protesters on the Gold Coast,” the message reads.

“They used excessive force on young people, people with disabilities, and elders. The police also tried to claim one young person self harmed while in their custody.

“Our action is in no way endorsed by Stolenwealth Games organisers and protesters (who have no knowledge of it), but they have our solidarity through this and more practical acts.”

Clashes continued on the Gold Coast today when police tried to evict protesters.