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Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Sat 26 Oct 2024 23.38 EDT
Last modified on Sun 27 Oct 2024 00.01 EDT

Australia has rejected far-right provocateur Candace Owens’ visa application ahead of a planned national speaking tour, with the immigration minister, Tony Burke, saying she had the “capacity to incite discord”.

The US conservative influencer and podcast host, who has advanced conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric including minimising Nazi medical experiments in concentration camps, will be blocked from coming to Australia after the federal government voiced alarm about her record.

“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [notorious Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said on Sunday. “Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”

Owens had scheduled a five-date speaking tour of Australia in November, with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Tickets ranged from $95 for general admission to $295 for a VIP meet and greet and $1,500 for a private dinner with the conservative media personality.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/27/australia-rejects-visa-application-by-rightwing-us-pundit-candace-owens

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Australia rejects visa application by rightwing US pundit Candace Owens [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 27 OP

... and no private dinner. calimary Oct 27 #1

They can all eat crow! displacedvermoter Oct 27 #2

I'd say that they can all eat shit. Orrex Oct 27 #10

That as well! displacedvermoter Oct 27 #11

As my friend says... BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #23

Other countries have laws against hate speech gab13by13 Oct 27 #3

You must really suck if people thousands of miles away never met you and already hate your guts padah513 Oct 27 #4

Canada is much, much closer than Oz, so maybe it made the decision easier, but... BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #24

Las Vegas police decided that sexual assault accusations against a rapper were SO bogus Rocknation Oct 27 #48

I am such an old fogey now that I have zero interest in... BobTheSubgenius Oct 28 #50

Good for Australia. sinkingfeeling Oct 27 #5

"Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else." Mysterian Oct 27 #6

That applies to The USA, also. k55f5r Oct 27 #33

Now THAT'S a knife!! Seinan Sensei Oct 27 #47

Ha ha! masmdu Oct 27 #7

Good onya, Oz! 🐨 🦘 Tanuki Oct 27 #8

What do you think we are? A trash can? BOSSHOG Oct 27 #9

OMG ReRe Oct 27 #44

I'm no fan of Owens but I'll bet they're letting the white ones in wolfie001 Oct 27 #12

They did do it to another douchebag BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #14

A friend of mine who is Black. . . Collimator Oct 27 #22

Australia has its issues. Elessar Zappa Oct 27 #30

Thanks for that wolfie001 Oct 27 #37

Sadly true ReRe Oct 27 #45

FAAFO ybbor Oct 27 #13

It would be schadenfreudelicious Icanthinkformyself Oct 27 #15

Can we use the same reason to deny her entry back in the US? I know, it's a silly question. nt Hotler Oct 27 #16

Could this be a new reality show... Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 27 #17

Smart republianmushroom Oct 27 #18

Watch her whine she was canceled, even though no one is entitled to a visa and even if you have one, you aren't entitled AZLD4Candidate Oct 27 #19

Looking forward to her whining IzzaNuDay Oct 27 #27

Good greatbaldeagle Oct 27 #20

Both of them are an invasive species tonekat Oct 27 #28

That is an accurate way to frame this. Envirogal Oct 27 #32

Burn! sarchasm Oct 27 #21

Am I off base here, or can I express some surprise? BobTheSubgenius Oct 27 #25

Remember BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #31

Sadly, I do. BobTheSubgenius Oct 28 #51

Hahahahahahaha. The crap she spews doesn't travel. brush Oct 27 #26

On the upside, people remember that Candace Owen exists underpants Oct 27 #29

Good for you Australia. You're saved from the Bullshit tour. mdbl Oct 27 #34

Who is Candace Owens? LiberalFighter Oct 27 #35

She's been a Faux host/contributor BumRushDaShow Oct 27 #36

No visa for Candace mamajudi Oct 27 #38

A universal truth: "[Every nation's] national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else." Hermit-The-Prog Oct 27 #39

FYI Australia is lucky Gregory1230 Oct 27 #40

Australia is smart 4catsmom Oct 27 #41

"Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine" struggle4progress Oct 27 #42

I predict drmeow Oct 27 #43

Oh boo-hoo, Candace moose65 Oct 27 #46

Good stuff. n/t iluvtennis Oct 27 #49

Good. Fuck her. The Unmitigated Gall Oct 28 #52