List of people banned from entering Australia

This is a list of people who have been, or are currently, banned in Australia.

Currently banned NameCountry of originOccupationReason bannedSneakoContent creatorAntisemitismItamar Ben-GvirPoliticianInciting settler violence against Palestinians in the West BankJulien BlancPickup artistPromoting dangerous and abusive behavior towards womenBonnie Blue Pornographic actressAttempting to recruit "barely legal" 18-year-old men to film OnlyFans content with during Schoolies weekDavid IckeConspiracy theorist Holocaust denial"Holocaust denier to try another visit to Australia". The World Today.David IrvingAuthor and Holocaust denialistGino Jennings Religious leaderHomophobic remarksFloyd Mayweather Jr.Professional boxerDomestic violenceGavin McInnesFar-right activist and founder of the Proud BoysLinks to the Proud Boys, a white supremacist hate group classified as an extremist group by the FBICandace OwensConservative political commentatorDownplaying the Holocaust's impact. According to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, "Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction."Bilal PhilipsIslamic scholarAlleged links to terrorism and seeming to condone suicide bombersTommy RobinsonFar-right activist and co-founder of the English Defence LeagueSubstantial criminal recordSimcha Rothman Politician"Seeking to spread division"Bezalel SmotrichPoliticianInciting settler violence against Palestinians in the West BankBassem TamimiActivistViews about ongoing political tensions in the Middle EastYeRapperPromoting Nazism through his song "Heil Hitler"Milo YiannopoulosFar-right activistComments about the Christchurch mosque shootings

Previously banned NameCountry of originOccupationReason bannedBan liftedChris BrownSingerDomestic violenceUndecided (ban applied in 2015)Peter ChingokaCricket administratorConnections to Robert Mugabe2022 (deceased)Novak DjokovicTennis playerDeported on health and good-order grounds as there were concerns his presence would undermine the country's COVID-19 vaccine rollout2022 (originally banned for three years under the Migration Act 1958, though overturned by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles)Dick GregoryActor and social criticGovernment officials fearing he would "stir up demonstrations against the Vietnam War"2017 (deceased)George Lincoln RockwellPolitician and neo-NaziGovernmental concern about neo-Nazi, extremist rhetoric1967 (deceased)Snoop Dogg RapperConvictions for drugs and firearms offences2008 (ban applied in 2007)Skepta (Joseph Junior Adenuga) Punching a man at a nightclub in Melbourne in 20162019Tyler, The Creator (Tyler Gregory Okanoma)Alleged promotion of violence against women2019 (ban claimed to be in effect around 2015)Mike TysonProfessional boxerCriminal record, including rape charges2012 (ban applied in 2001); granted a temporary visaVjekoslav VrančićHigh-ranked Ustaše officerTerroristic activities with extreme right-wing Argentine political groupsCroatia Press, Volumes 30-33 (1977), p. 141990 (deceased)

See also Travel ban List of people banned from entering Canada List of people banned from entering China List of people banned from entering Ukraine List of people banned from entering the United Kingdom List of people banned from entering the United States

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