Chris Brown may have been able to make a comeback in the United States after famously pleading guilty to assaulting his ex, Rihanna, in 2009, but he doesn't seem to be very popular in Australia. Brown has been denied a visa to tour Australia in December and it's foreseeable that the domestic violence charges are still haunting him a full six years after the incident as his character has been mentioned. The Australia minister, Peter Dutton, has officially denied his visa request to enter the country and Brown now has 28 days to present evidence in an appeal that would grant him entry.
"People to whom these notices are issued have 28 days to present materials as to why they should be given a visa to enter Australia," the minister said according to The Guardian. "Decisions on whether a visa will or will not be issued are made after that timeframe and consideration of the material presented to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection."
The newly appointed women's minister, Michaelia Cash, clearly feels strongly about Brown's reputation and said on the matter, "People need to understand if you are going to commit domestic violence and then you want to travel around the world, there are going to be countries that say to you, 'You cannot come in because you are not of the character we expect in Australia,' and certainly, without pre-empting the decision of the minister, I can assure you that it is something that the minister is looking at," she said in a statement released on video to The Guardian.
SPIN reported that the Australian anti-domestic violence group, GetUp, has been vocal about not letting Chris Brown into the country from the beginning, but wanted to make it clear that it is a bigger issue than just the R&B singer's reputation. Senior campaigner Kelsey Cooke said to SkyNews, "It is about domestic violence and taking that seriously, rather than turning a blind eye."
