Candace Owns, a conservative commentator, claims that the government’s decision to cancel her Australian tour cost her six figures and that ticket purchasers will not receive a refund because the promotion company has failed.
Owens was supposed to visit Australia in November 2024, but the government decided she had the “capacity to incite discord,” therefore she was denied a visa.
She reapplied for a tour in March 2025 but was once more refused a visa; the High Court affirmed this ruling in October 2025.
Since then, thousands of Owens supporters have been left wondering when they would receive their money back for purchasing tickets to the event.
The answer, according to a report submitted to ASIC on March 3, is most likely never.
With only 21 cents in its bank account, tour promoter Rocksman failed, and it lacks the resources to file a lawsuit to recoup any money that is owed.
According to liquidator David Sampson, the business would never be able to reimburse Owens’ tour because it had already used the proceeds from ticket sales and lacked insurance to cover the event’s cancellation.
According to The Guardian, Owens stated that after being duped by Rocksman, she also lost a sizable sum of money on the tour.
According to far-right American pundit Candace Owens (above), her aborted tour of Australia cost her hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Joel Jammal, the head of Turning Point Australia (above), estimated that Owens’ Australian appearances sold roughly 15,000 tickets.
She asserted that the promoter had agreed to pay her legal fees when she challenged the High Court’s denial of her visa.
“Candace’s team ended up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills, as well as giving Rocksman multiple loans to make refunds [before] it became apparent that their assurances were meaningless,” an Owens representative stated.
Additionally, Owens’ team was unaware of Rocksman’s liquidation until they saw media stories in January. According to Owens’ spokeswoman, “right up until the last day, they were still promising us that refunds were just around the corner.”
According to liquidator records, George Zacharia is Rocksman’s only director and shareholder.
Turning Point Australia, a branch of the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s US organization led by Joel Jammal, was a major sponsor of the event.
About 15,000 tickets, starting at $95 and going up to $1,500 for VIP tickets, were sold for Owens’ Australian tour, according to Jammal.
Additionally, bullion dealer As Good As Gold, the tour’s primary sponsor, asserted that they were due $80,000.
The authorities determined that Owens (shown with the late campaigner Charlie Kirk) had the “capacity to incite discord,” hence she was refused a visa to Australia.
After the tour was canceled, Rocksman promised to reimburse its sponsorship, according to co-director Jarrad Panes. “It’s like, what have you done with all of this money?” Panes said. Regarding Rocksman, Panes stated.
Zacharia, the director of Rocksman, and Jammal, the head of Turning Point Australia, collaborated with Damien Costas, the former publisher of Penthouse Australia, to plan Owens’ tour.
Costas had already assisted two other right-wing leaders, Nigel Farage and Milo Yiannopoulos, on their travels. Additionally, he assisted Jammal in founding Turning Point Australia.
Costas and Jammal have no commercial obligations to Rocksman.
According to Jammal, Zacharia’s donation to Turning Point Australia’s 2023 NSW election campaign has nothing to do with Owens’ tour.
Jammal later emphasized that he was unaware of Rocksman’s financial problems at the time, despite having previously assured Owens’ tour ticket purchasers that they would receive a refund after the October High Court ruling.
It was discovered that the corporation owed about $760,000, including to staff and ticket holders.
