Katie Hopkins deported from Australia after boasting she had breached hotel quarantine rules | 7.30

At a time when thousands of Australians are stranded overseas, the arrival of a polarising commentator to take part in a reality TV program was always going to raise some eyebrows.

But Katie Hopkins went one better, threatening to flout hotel quarantine regulations on social media after denouncing COVID lockdowns as "the greatest hoax in human history".

The response was swift, as Paul Farrell reports.

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