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Australia flags denying U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning entry visa
Australia has signaled it is preparing to ban U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, the organizer of the engagements said. Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House at the weekend.
However, Suzi Jamil, owner of the company organizing Manning's speaking tour in Australia, said late on Wednesday Manning had received a notice from the Australian government informing her Canberra was considering cancelling her visa. [...] Australian law allows the immigration minister to deny anyone a visa if they do not pass a character test, a broad criteria that affords the government sweeping powers.
Manning is scheduled to travel to New Zealand after finishing her three events in Australia but the center-right opposition National Party has also called for her to be denied entry.
Also at NYT.
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(Score: 5, Touché) by c0lo on Friday August 31 2018, @02:12AM (5 children)
I'm a non-native-English speaker who lives in Australia as an Australian citizen. Have a good job here, pay my taxes and I recently bought a piece of acreage at country side with the intent of establishing a farm where only pasture used to be.
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In case you don't get my point, let me spell it for you: in concerning to matters regarding Australia, I reckon I'm more invested in this country than you'll ever be. I have nothing to apologize to you when I object to your ideas of order that should be applicable to Australia, I'm in my full rights to do so even when those ideas would be coming from inside the govt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @02:52AM (1 child)
"I have nothing to apologize to you when I object to your ideas of order that should be applicable to Australia,"
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Your reading comprehension is extremely poor.
I didn't EVER suggest what sort of order should apply to Australia, I suggested the AUSTRALIAN
GOVERNMENT may have ITS own ideas about order which motivate them to not want Manning to
enter Australia.
Can you not understand that I have no ideas about order but only a suspicion that
the Australian government itself may have certain ideas about order ?
Your English sucks and so do your manners.
I'm done wasting my time on you, that's the end of this discussion.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @03:03AM
Hey you managed to not add some ridiculous insults that time and it seems your post has not been downmodded. Don't worry guy, other people get downmodded for blatant insults that don't actually help anything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @05:47PM (2 children)
I read down through this sub-thread. I seriously think that you read something into AC's comments that wasn't there. He's really not saying what he thinks Australia should do, or not do. He's pointing out that your government probably has an agenda which Manning could disturb. AC hasn't even hinted at what that agenda might be. Maybe it's something so simple as trying to stay on the "good side" of the US.
Just lighten up, man. This AC seemed to make some reasonable observations about governments in general, and the Oz government in particular. I modded one of AC's posts up - and seriously thought about modding you down.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 31 2018, @10:41PM (1 child)
I would have interpreted that way, it if wasn't for the mixture of "Australian government" with "Australians".
He starts with a note about the govt, then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 01 2018, @02:13PM
he/she/attackhelicopter/it started with "Maybe" so perhaps this isn't that bad