On Sunday Immigraton Minister Peter Dutton confirmed he issued a Notice of Intention to Consider Refusal to the pop star who was convicted in 2009 of assaulting and threatening to kill his partner at the time, singer Rihanna. "Over the course of the weekend a lot of people started reaching out to us and raising the issue of the racist aspects of this campaign," Oosting said. "We have a migration system that unfairly targets people of colour and this is a system that we inadvertently fed into. We caused angst and grief and we are unreservedly apologising for that." Oosting said the apology was only about the visa aspects of the campaign. "I find Chris Brown abhorrent and it's really damaging to society that men who commit domestic violence are granted celebrity status. There are wide range of white Australian men who have committed acts of domestic violence who enjoy celebrity status."

GetUp previously praised the government's decision to deny Brown entry after they mounted a substantial campaign against the singer being allowed into the country. GetUp! campaigner Sally Rugg said the campaign wasn't just about Brown, but the "horrifying" number of men who have been convicted of violence against women but still retain high profile careers in the entertainment industry. "This announcement sends a strong signal to Australians that the Federal Government are willing to show strong leadership on gendered violence and that they are prepared to condemn violence against women," she said. Brown has 28 days to present his case for being allowed to enter Australia. Brown said on Wednesday he believed his tour would be a "wake-up call" and he wanted to teach young people about the danger of domestic violence.

"I would be more than grateful to come to Australia to raise awareness about domestic violence. I'm not the pink elephant in the room anymore," he tweeted. "My life mistakes should be a wake up call for everyone. Showing the world that mistakes don't define you. Trying to prevent spousal abuse. "The youth don't listen to parents nor do they listen to PSAs. The power that we have as entertainers can change lives," he said.​ Oosting said GetUp! will continue to lobby the Government over issues of domestic violence, particularly funding for frontline services such as womens refuges. It is the first time GetUp! have made such a major change to a campaign.

"As an organisation with a small staff base we are not always going to get it right and we have to be open to changing our approach and acknowledging where we got things wrong," he said.