Outspoken British commentator Katie Hopkins flew out of Australia on a 3pm Singapore Airlines flight, some 24 hours after she was evicted by Channel Seven.
Hopkins had her visa cancelled by Department of Home Affairs, which followed her now-deleted video in which she openly flouted quarantine rules. Daily Mail has pap shots of her at Sydney International terminal earlier today.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told ABC, “I thought it was just shameful, the fact that she was out there boasting about breaching quarantine was just appalling.
“It was a slap in the face for all those Australians who are currently in lockdown and it’s just unacceptable behaviour.
Katie Hopkins to be deported from Australia
She boasted on social media that she planned to breach the country’s quarantine
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Katie Hopkins on her IGTV speaking about Matt Hancock (Image: Katie Hopkins /Instagram)
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Katie Hopkins to be deported from Australia
She boasted on social media that she planned to breach the country’s quarantine
Updated
Katie Hopkins on her IGTV speaking about Matt Hancock (Image: Katie Hopkins /Instagram)
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Katie Hopkins Australia: Far-right pundit to be deported for Covid breach thenational.scot - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenational.scot Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The far-right British commentator and former Apprentice star travelled to Australia to appear on the reality series Big Brother VIP and was in a 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine in Sydney before filming was to start.
Her flight to Australia created outrage after the government last week halved the number of Australian citizens and permanent residents allowed to return home each week to 3,000 to try to reduce the risk of Covid-19 leaking from hotel quarantine. More than 34,000 Australians who want to come home remain stranded overseas.
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Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are under lockdown to contain a coronavirus outbreak caused by the more contagious Delta variant.