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Australia cancels Kanye West's visa over controversial ‘Heil Hitler’ song: ‘We don’t need that in Australia’

JL;DR SUMMARY Kanye West, now known as Ye, had his Australian visa canceled due to the release of his controversial song "Heil Hitler," which Australian officials reviewed as promoting Nazism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Kanye WestAustraliaAntisemitic IncidentsHeil HitlerFar Right RhetoricBianca CensoriVisa CancellationTony BurkeNazi References

Places mentioned

Australia
"The announcement comes as Australia faces an increase in antisemitic incidents."
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"Last December, a synagogue in suburban Melbourne, Australia was set ablaze."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"two synagogues in Sydney were defaced with swastikas and other antisemitic language."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles."
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"In May, the morning after the deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington D.C."
New Zealand
"Far-right pundit Candace Owens also faced visa cancellations from Australia and New Zealand."
United Kingdom
"follows the cancellation of the U.S. visas for Bob Vylan, a British punk band that led thousands of concert-goers at the Glastonbury music festival."

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