Australia has formally denied Chris Brown’s visa application to tour in that country on character grounds, the Guardian reports.

Immigration minister Peter Dutton said Brown was issued a formal notice that his application would be denied on Friday night, although he has 28 days to appeal.

On Thursday, Australia’s new women’s minister, Michaelia Cash, said that thought Brown should not be let into the country: “I can assure you that the minister for immigration and border protection will be looking at this very, very seriously.”

“People need to understand if you are going to commit domestic violence and then you want to travel around the world, there are going to be countries that say to you, ‘You cannot come in because you are not of the character we expect in Australia.’”

In 2009, Brown plead guilty to attacking then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to the Guardian, he has toured Australia twice since then.

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