Minister’s Visa Cancellation Powers to Increase in Response to Bondi Attack

There will be a new offence for aggravated hate speech, which will apply to preachers and other community leaders who promote violence.

Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke speaks to the media at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2025. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

Immigrants to Australia who do not have citizenship may be deported if they have a history of hate speech or engage in it in the future, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has announced.

The government intends to introduce legislation to allow the minister and the attorney general to revoke the visa of anyone who “spreads hate, division, and radicalisation,” he explained at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.