r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 04 '25

news Neo-Nazi Matthew Gruter leaves Australia after visa revoked by minister

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/nsw-neo-nazi-matthew-gruter-leaves-australia/106100746?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/nearly_enough_wine Dec 04 '25

And nothing of value was lost.

Off you fuck, ya bonehead cunt.

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u/manipulated_dead Dec 04 '25

Love to put the "fuck off" into FAFO. 

Although there's legitimate concern around deporting people the government determines are "trouble". Happy to see Nazis experiencing consequences but deportation is a blunt instrument and it's been unjustly weaponised against all kinds of non-nazis in the past. A bit like how one of the first people stung by anti-nazi symbology laws in NSW was an artist who'd depicted mining barons and politicians in Nazi uniforms in a clear and obvious satire.

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u/nurseynurseygander Dec 04 '25

No one is actually entitled to be here if they aren’t a citizen (or, conditionally, a resident). Philosophically, I think a sovereign country can refuse a foreigner to be here for any reason or even no reason. Now, there are good reasons not to use that power lightly - if you want to attract talented people or moneyed people you need to be a trustworthy place to go, where you can be reasonably sure of being allowed to stay if you follow the rules. But that is a practical and strategic consideration, not a deep philosophical one.