The American musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, could have his application for a visa denied due to antisemitic remarks he has made, according to Australia's education minister, Jason Clare, who made the statement on Wednesday.

Ye's antisemitic remarks, according to Clare in an interview with Australian station Nine News, were "terrible."

In the past, Clare told Nine News, "people like that" who asked for visas to enter Australia were turned down.

"People like that who've applied for visas to get into Australia in the past have been rejected," Clare told Nine News.

Ye lauded Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in an interview with American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones last month. Elon Musk, the CEO and owner of Twitter, suspended West's account after he posted an image of a swastika and the Star of David together on the social media platform.

The announcement from Clare comes in the midst of growing calls to deny Ye entrance to Australia.

To discuss Ye's entrance prohibition, government representatives and Peter Wertheim, co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, met on Tuesday.

''We've made the case that this particular individual does not meet the character test and that it would be in the national interest not to grant him a visa, and we set out our reasons in some detail,'' Wertheim said on Sky News.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton was among those speaking out over Ye's conduct and the prospect of him visiting Australia: ''His antisemitic comments are disgraceful, his conduct and his behavior is appalling, and he's not a person of good character.''

''My inclination would be not to allow him in,'' Dutton told Melbourne's Radio 3AW.

According to local media reports, Ye intends to visit Australia along with his wife, Bianca Censori, whose parents live in Melbourne.

There has not been an immediate response from Ye's representative over plans to visit Australia.