Controversial far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been banned from appearing at government owned venues in Western Australia.
Ahead of Yiannopoulos’s Australian tour, WA premier Mark McGowan said he was not welcome in the state.
‘I don’t think he’s welcome in WA… so we will make sure that all government venues are not available to him,’ Mr McGowan told 9 News on Monday.
Far-right US commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been banned from appearing at government owned venues in Western Australia
Ahead of Yiannopoulos’s Australian tour, WA premier Mark McGowan said he was not welcome in the state
The ‘anti-feminist’ and ‘outrage troll’ will begin his Australian tour in November.
The so-called ‘internet supervillain’ shot to fame after he was banned from Twitter when he was blamed for a campaign of abuse directed at Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones.
He has likened feminism to cancer, Islam to AIDS and he was sacked as Tech Editor at Breitbart News after audio surfaced of him appearing to condone sexual relationships between teenage boys and older men.
‘Anyone who defends pedophiles and associates with Nazis, I don’t think is a rational person, we shouldn’t have them delivering lectures and performances to West Australians,’ Mr McGowan said.
A petition demanding Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton deny Yiannopoulos a visa has attracted just over 1,000 signatures as of Monday.
A counter-petition, set up by political commentator Mark Latham, has been signed well over 11,000 times.
The ‘anti-feminist’ and ‘outrage troll’ will begin his Australian tour in November
The right-wing firebrand (pictured with his partner) married his boyfriend in Hawaii earlier this month
Daily Mail Australia understands that his visa will not be cancelled and his tour will go ahead.
‘Aren’t they sweet? The best they could do was marshal 900 people to sign that petition,’ Yiannopoulos said.
‘There was about 10,000 who signed the counter-petition to let me in.
‘I just find it sweet, adorable and charming when people get so upset about a gay man having the wrong opinions and telling the wrong jokes.’
Yiannopolous will bring his Troll Academy Tour to Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast from December 1.
‘The response had been absolutely amazing. We’ve just announced a second show in Sydney – the first one sold out in a couple of weeks,’ he said.
‘And then my book comes out in Australia in November. So it’s going to be a whole Christmas of Milo Down Under.’
Yiannopolous bring his Troll Academy Tour to Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast from December 1
The so-called ‘internet supervillain’ shot fame after he was banned from Twitter when he was blamed for a campaign of abuse directed at Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones