Below: ON September 23, 2015, The Guardian released a video segment showing the federal Minister for Women, Michaelia Cash, explaining why she believes Chris Brown should be denied a visa to enter Australia.
Below: On September 28, 2015, SBC youth affairs program, The Feed, ran a segment on the Immigration Minister's decision to challenge Chris Brown's visa application.
Below: On May 12, 2015, on Channel Ten's The Project, Waleed Aly detailed the federal and state government spending required in many areas to address domestic violence.
Below:On September 30, 2015, Complex News ran a report detailing Chris Brown's offer to try to raise awareness of domestic violence as an issue if he is allowed into Australia.
Below:An April 1, 2013 TMZ report on Chris Brown's appearance on The Today Show during which he admitted his assault on Rihanna was wrong. (Note: the presenting panel is sceptical of Brown's comments, while the jokes the members make among themselves are sexist.)
Web links, documents
On October 2, 2015, the ABC's current affairs opinion site, The Drum, published a comment by Monica Attard titled 'Were we right to deny Chris Brown and Troy Newman visas?'
The comment looks at the attempts to deny visas to Troy Newman and Chris Brown and asks whether in an educated democracy it might not be better to allow the people to decide.
The full text of the comment can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-02/attard-chris-brown-and-troy-newman-visas/6822028
On October 1, 2015, Eureka Street, published a comment by freelance writer, Jen Vuk, titled 'Brown ban helps parents talk about domestic violence'
The mother of two young boys, Vuk argues that government action against men like Brown and the media attention that has accompanied the visa challenge makes it easier for parents to explain and defend a message of non-violence to their male children.
The full text of this piece can be found at http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=45528#.VhDqY5fLpEd
On September 30, 2015, writing in the New Zealand community blog, Public Address, Russell Brown outlined the nature of Chris Brown's initial offence and his problematic behaviour during his five-year period of probation..
The full text of this comment can be found at http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/about-chris-brown/
The online lobby and petition site GetUp issued an apology and a retraction of inadvertently racist elements of its campaign to have Chris Brown denied a visa to enter Australia.
The group is no longer pursuing that campaign.
The full text of the apology can be found at https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/surge/australians-say-no-to-violence/apology-for-some-aspects-of-the-chris-brown-campaign
On September 25, 2015, Mamamia published an opinion piece by Georgina Dent titled 'What sort of message do we send when we make excuses for Chris Brown?'
The comment supports GetUp's initial petition seeking to have Chris Brown denied entry to Australia.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at http://www.mamamia.com.au/lifestyle/chris-brown-violence/
On September 24, 2015, a petition was posted on ipetitions challenging GetUp's petition calling for the denial of an entry visa to Chris Brown and arguing that governments should not attempt to determine what entertainers can come into Australia.
The full text of this petition can be accessed at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-censorship-let-chris-brown-into-australia
On September 23, 2015, The Guardian published an opinion piece by Jeff Sparrow titled 'Banning Chris Brown would only distract from the fight against domestic violence'
Sparrow argues that focusing on a racialised, external threat misdirects attention from both the causes of domestic violence in Australia and what steps are necessary in order to reduce its incidence.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/25/banning-chris-brown-would-only-distract-from-the-fight-against-domestic-violence
