Australia investigates Britain's Katie Hopkins over quarantine video


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  • Sunday, 18 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins arrives dressed in a wedding dress at the Conservative Party's conference in Manchester, Britain October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government has ordered an immigration investigation into controversial British commentator Katie Hopkins after she was quoted boasting about breaching the country's hotel quarantine rules on social media.

Hopkins flew into Sydney to appear on Seven Network Ltd reality television programme Big Brother VIP, according to Australian media, then posted a video on Instagram joking about answering the door naked and without a mask to people delivering meals while she was in hotel quarantine.

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