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And then the only revelation was the only communication I got from the government was when they revoked my visa, they said my appearance would not be conducive to the public good and that I could not, you know.
I could not appeal this decision.
I could apply for a separate visa, but I could not appeal the ETA decision that was revoked.
So it's very frustrating.
It's the labor government.
And it's been a very interesting journey since then because β
There's this opaque nature of this travel ban and it's very clear that the labor government is now expanding on who they're not allowing into the country.
And it's been very frustrating for a lot of people because they don't know why, right?
At least with like Kanye West, you can have a conversation around whether that's appropriate or not to ban anybody from entering the country.
But at least with Kanye West, everybody knew exactly why, right?
Yeah.
Or with Valentina Gomez, people kind of understood why Valentina Gomez was not allowed in the country.
I mean, these are people who were trying to go to a far right rally.
Well, not kind of West, but Valentina Gomez was a far right Polish minister that was denied entry into the country.
They were far right, very racist.
It openly said unbelievably racist things.
Whereas...
For someone like myself or even Cenk as well.
And I feel like he caught a little bit of a stray there because there wasn't like a lot of hubbub around Cenk in the lead up to this trip.
It was just they were demanding I wouldn't be allowed entry into the country.