Australia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse the rightwing provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country.

The full bench of the court ruled on Wednesday that the minister’s denial did not infringe an implied constitutional freedom of political communication.

Last October the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, refused Owens’ visa application before a planned national speaking tour, arguing that she had the “capacity to incite discord”.

Burke said at the time the US conservative influencer and podcast host, who has advanced conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric – including allegedly minimising Nazi medical experiments in concentration camps – did not pass the “character test” to receive a visa under the Migration Act.

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

this is sane washing extremism and nazism

she's not right wing or conservative, which are reasonable political philosophies ( even if I do disagree with them ) , she's an extremist hate monger

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This is not sanewashing Candice appeals to conservatives and right wingers. Don't do the work of disassociating her from them, for them. If the right doesn't want to have her in the tent they should speak out against her and maybe not shovel her cash.

    She speaks at republican conventions, and who else would have attended her Australian tour other than right wingers?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago
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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago

    Good for Australia. Awesome cunts over there.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago

    Good, stay the fuck out.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Good move from Australia.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    So rightwingers think things you say shouldn’t affect status in a country? It’s a good thing that isn’t happening here in the US… oh… wait…

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Who wants to bet she'll fly to Australia anyway, be denied, and then make a big thing of it for her griftees?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    That sounds like something Australia would do to her because she is exactly the kind of person they always do that to, a crazy person who thinks they aren't crazy and likes to tell people that they should be crazy too.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    We're not sending our best

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Maybe they just denied her visa because they are afraid of their mental state. I mean, she is a black and MAGA person. Sure signs of having some serious mental defects.

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