
"The nation's High Court rejected Owens' appeal Wednesday, agreeing with Burke's assessment that she could incite "increased hostility and violent or radical action." Judges Stephen Gageler, Michelle Gordon, and Robert Beech-Jones wrote in a unanimous opinion that "the implied freedom [of speech] is not a 'personal right,' is not unlimited and is not absolute.""
""In the event that the person were allowed to enter or to remain in Australia, there is a risk that the person would stir up or encourage dissension or strife in the Australian community, or a segment of that community, of a kind or to a degree that is harmful to that community or segment," they continued."
"He cited her "extremist and inflammatory comments towards Muslim, Black, Jewish and LGBTQIA+ communities which generate controversy and hatred.""
Conservative commentator Candace Owens was denied an Australian visa after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke determined she failed the character test. Burke cited her "extremist and inflammatory comments towards Muslim, Black, Jewish and LGBTQIA+ communities which generate controversy and hatred." Owens appealed on free-speech grounds, but Australia lacks a U.S.-style constitutional free-speech right and protects political communication only narrowly. The High Court unanimously upheld the refusal, finding a real risk Owens could incite increased hostility or violent or radical action and stressing that the implied freedom of communication is not absolute. Owens must pay the government's legal costs and faces separate defamation litigation.
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