Right-wing extremist Candace Owens refused entry to Australia
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Right-wing extremist Candace Owens refused entry to Australia

Far-right conspiracy theorist Candace Owens will not take her speaking tour to Australia after her visa was refused over her hate speech.

“From downplaying the effects of the Holocaust with comments about (Nazi doctor Josef) Mengele to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the ability to stir up dissent in almost every direction,” Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke, a member of the centre. -left Labor government, told local media over the weekend.

“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is elsewhere.”

Shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan, of the centre-right Liberal Party, had also said in August that the government should block Owen’s visa on character grounds to prevent the spread of “hateful messages”.

In July, Owens suggested on his podcast that the horrific experiments Mengele performed on twins in the Holocaust death camps never happened, says “It just sounds like bizarre propaganda.”

The right-wing provocateur’s Australian speaking tour had been scheduled to start on November 17, with shows planned in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.

She is also scheduled to speak in Auckland on November 14. New Zealand officials are reportedly assess her visa application.

Her tour website advertises the show as an “electrifying evening” with Owens. “In a world full of safe spaces, Candace cuts through the fluff and delivers raw and unfiltered commentary on politics, culture and everyday life,” it reads.

Tickets for the event ranged from approximately $63 USD for general admission to approximately $990 for a private pre-show dinner and meet and greet with Owens.

Owens has yet to publicly respond to the visa decision.

The Anti-Defamation Commission, an Australian civil rights organization that was among several Jewish groups calling for Owens to be barred, called the decision “a victory for the truth.”

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“Australia has no place for those who mock the suffering of genocide survivors and insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who died,” Chairman Dvir Abramovich saidaccording to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

In March, The Daily Wire ended their relationship with Owens after she clashed with its co-founder, Ben Shapiro, over her anti-Semitic views. Prior to her departure from the right-wing outlet, she had reinforced a series of wild conspiracy theories, including one about Jews being “drunk with Christian blood”.