Anti-LGBTQ+ right-wing pundit Candace Owens denied entry into Australia
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Anti-LGBTQ+ right-wing pundit Candace Owens denied entry into Australia
"Controversial right-wing pundit Candace Owens has been denied entry into Australia over fears she may incite "violent or radical action". ABC News reports that the country's High Court unanimously upheld the decision to deny Candace Owens a visa based on the Migration Act's "character test," citing a risk that her presence could "stir up or encourage dissension or strife ... of a kind or to a degree that is harmful to that community or segment.""
"She was originally rejected for an Australia visa in 2024 due to her well-documented inflammatory remarks, including her denial that Nazi medical experimentation on Jewish inmates took place in concentration camps during World War II. At that time, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke rejected Owens's visa on grounds that her rhetoric might lead to "increased hostility and violent or radical action," Al Jazeera reports."
"However, in December 2024, a ministerial intervention reversed that decision and granted her a visa, with the New Zealand government citing "importance of free speech." The right-wing commentator, who has hounded French president Emmanuel Macron's wife, Brigitte Macron, with false claims that she is transgender - which has led the couple to launch defamation proceedings against her - won't be setting foot in Australia anytime soon,"
Australia's High Court unanimously upheld a decision denying Candace Owens a visa under the Migration Act's character test, finding her presence could stir up or encourage dissension or strife harmful to community segments. The original 2024 rejection cited inflammatory remarks, including denial of Nazi medical experimentation and rhetoric likely to lead to increased hostility, violent or radical action. New Zealand initially refused her an entertainer's visa because of the Australia ban, then granted a visa after ministerial intervention citing free speech. Owens has used inflammatory language about LGBTQ+ people and spread false claims about Brigitte Macron that prompted defamation action. Her appeal was rejected.
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