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The federal government has stripped controversial rapper Kanye West of his Australian visa for promoting Nazism in a recent single.

Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Tony Burke spoke today in an interview with ABC regarding visa cancellations for individuals with Islamophobic and antisemitic beliefs.

“The majority of visas revoked under this section have been due to individuals intending to deliver public speeches,” he explained. “The exception I can recall, which was not for public advocacy, involves Kanye West, whose visa we nonetheless canceled.”

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Kanye West’s Australian visa has been cancelled. (AP)

Burke said the decision was made after West, whose wife, Bianca Censori, is Australian, released the single Heil Hitler in May.

The track released on May 8, which marks the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II, features a sample from an Adolf Hitler speech. As a result, its music video has been prohibited in Germany.

“He’s been coming to Australia for a long time, he’s got family here, and he’s made a lot of offensive comments,” Burke said.

“But my officials looked at it again once he released the Heil Hitler song and he no longer has a valid visa in Australia.

Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke.
Tony Burke said the decision was made after West promoted Nazism in one of his latest singles. (Alex Ellinghausen/SMH)

“It wasn’t a visa for the purpose of concerts.

“It was a lower level and the officials still looked at the law and said you’re going to have a song and promote that sort of Nazism, we don’t need that in Australia.”

When questioned by ABC host Patricia Karvelas about whether the “extraordinary” visa cancellation for a popular celebrity was sustainable, Burke said Australia didn’t need to import bigotry.

“What’s not sustainable is to import hatred,” he said.

Kanye West and his Australian wife, Bianca Censori, arrive at the Grammy Awards in February. (Image censored.) (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

“Some people say, ‘oh, don’t you believe in freedom of speech?’. And for Australian citizens, yeah, you’ve got full freedom of speech, but we have enough problems in this country already without deliberately importing bigotry.”

Burke said immigration officials would assess any application by West to have his visa reinstated.

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