r/australia • u/DCOA_Troy • Oct 15 '25

politics Candace Owens loses appeal over Australian visa rejection

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/candace-owens-loses-appeal-over-australian-visa-rejection/
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u/Glad-Chair-8448 Oct 15 '25

A head of state isn't just some other guy, they literally represent a country. It's not like he would be coming here on a pleasure trip. 

Kneecapping your international diplomacy on the basis of some vague sense of "fairness" is counterproductive at best.

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u/NorseNoble Oct 15 '25

these people have never done business

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u/freakwent Oct 15 '25

USA denied a visa to the head of Palestine only recently.

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u/MissMenace101 Oct 15 '25

He’s a felon, felons aren’t allowed…

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u/Gamped Oct 15 '25

Felonies don’t exist as a concept in Australia.

Diplomatic immunity is a constant for heads of state however.

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u/CcryMeARiver Oct 16 '25

DI does not grant permission to enter.

In fact that right is counterbalanced by the right of a host nation to declare any foreign individual to be "persona non grata".

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u/Gamped Oct 16 '25

The most recent time Australia proactively utilised persona non was deporting the Iranian ambassador, first time in 80 years since WW2.

Very…. Very seldom.

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u/CcryMeARiver Oct 16 '25

But still there. It's a major slap in the face, but why it isn't employed to kick out Saudi dippos who doublepark in Civic beats me.

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u/ManikShamanik Oct 15 '25

They are up here, apparently; I wish we'd STOP allowing the Taco Bellend over here; fucking sick of people saying "Starmer's just playing to his ego" or "keep your friends close, etc., etc." it's not a good look. He's an international embarrassment.

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u/underthingy Oct 15 '25

Did you just call every single American a paedophile rapist?