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Sydney, Australia (JTA) —
The Australian Jewish
community and senators
from the Australian
Democrats party are urging
the government to bar
British Holocaust-denier
David Irving entry to
Australia.
The federal justice min-
ister, Sen. Michael Tate,
revealed last week that Mr.
Irving applied for a visa to
enter the country next Mar-
ch 17 and said the applica-
tion will be considered in
January.
Mr. Tate told the Senate
that Mr. Irving applied in
London and said the im-
migration minister will now
consider whether he "is like-
ly to become involved in ac-
tivities disruptive to the
Australian community or a
group within the Australian
community" or whether he
is "of good character."
This consideration is af-
fected by his deportation last
month from Canada, where
he sneaked in despite an
official ban and gave sever-
al lectures denying the
Holocaust really happened.
He is also banned from
Germany, which convicted
him of spreading hate and
Holocaust denial, and
unwelcome in various other
countries.
The Australian govern-
ment pledged "that all rel-
evant information will be
taken into account" before a
visa is issued.
The Executive Council of
Australian Jewry has
argued that Mr. Irving's
conviction in Germany, open
arrest warrant from Austria,
recent deportation from
Canada and the likelihood
that he will breach state an-
ti-racist laws here are all
relevant.
Council President Isi
Leibler described Irving as
"a beer hall rabble-rouser
and hero to the German neo-
Nazis."
Arguing that "freedom is
threatened in this country,
as it is in Germany by those
such as Irving who incite the
gullible to racist violence,"
Mr. Leibler urged the
government to follow the ex-
ample of Canada and deny
Mr. Irving entry into
Australia.
The Australian
Democrats, a small political
party which holds the bal-
ance of power in votes bet-

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ween the Labor Party
government and the Liberal-
National opposition in the
Senate, asked the govern-
ment to "prevent Mr. Irving
from propounding his racial
vilification and hatred in
this country.
In a letter sent to federal
politicians, Mr. Irving de-
nied he has ever said "the
Holocaust never occurred"
or has been banned from
entering Italy or Austria.
He claimed the campaign
to keep him out of Australia
is a result of "Jewish
historians" who are "afraid"
of debate.
A publishing house closely
linked to Australian racists
has announced that Irving
will be coming to Australia
to launch "a revised and
lavishly illustrated" edition
of "Hitler's War" and a
biography of Herman Goer-
ing.
In 1986, Mr. Irving visited
Australia to launch his book
on the 1956 Hungarian revo-

Mr. Irving
applied for a
visa to enter
the country next
March 17.

lution, Uprising, which was
published by Veritas, a
small publishing firm asso-
ciated with the Australia
League of Rights.
Australia's Human Rights
and Equal Opportunities
Commission describes the
league as "the most influen-
tial and effective, as well as
the best-organized and most
substantially financed racist
organization in Australia."
Uprising contains gratu-
itous anti-Semitic com-
ments, with the author
interrupting the narrative
to comment on individuals'
Jewish origins. In it, he de-
scribes Hungarian dictator
Matthias Rakosi as "the
ugly Jewish dwarf that he
was" who had "the tact of a
kosher butcher."
Since the 1986 visit, four of
Australia's states and ter- -
ritories have enacted anti-
racist legislation, and the
justice minister has con-
firmed that "they would no
doubt enforce" the laws if
they were transgressed.

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