Anyone know what is his medical exception?
He will get the same treatment as any other visitor. Morrison made that clear. ABF don't give you a choice.
No, all opinions aren't equally valid.
Jelena Djokovic's Tweet contemplating that Covid 19 is caused by 5G isn't just reaching, or exploring, a different conclusion. It's ignorance of reality. There's no two ways about it.
Well we all know that.
Just another self entitled guy who happens to be very talented at a sport and now thinks everyone should fall at his feet.
And in his case the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as the parents don't exactly appear the nicest either.
Wasn't this the country that stopped and searched the PM of their neighbour when they arrived in the country?
Also they decided that they wouldn't throw out the welcome mat for migrants arriving on boats.
They solved the issue unlike the rest of the western world who just encouraged it, which has ended up with more smugglers and undoubtedly more deaths.
Aussies don't like people who think they are entitled.
I think on appeal he may be given the choice of accepting the terms of the visa, dropping the medical exemption and accepting quarantine or getting on a plane home but as Gregor said he is unlikely to accept quarantine, but that will be his decision.
if their conclusion is that 5g causes covid then they are ignorant. they haven't reached a conclusion. they are repeating nonsense from elsewhere that they don't understand.
Meh….they’re entitled to hold whatever views and opinions they want to. People aren’t “ignorant” because they’ve reached a different conclusion to you.
The 14 day quarantine alternative is a bit of a red herring. Sure, it's there in the rules for entry to the country (and the state of Victoria) if you're unvaccinated, but Djokovic didn't try to enter under that clause, he tried to enter under the medical exemption to being vaccinated, which he now doesn't seem to be able to prove.
14 days stuck in a hotel room isn't going to be a viable option for an elite athlete just before a wold class tournament - no tennis court, no gym, no going outside, no visitors. Given his stance, he'd hardly put himself though all that just to compete - and possibly forfeit his first match anyway, depending in the schedule. I'd say he'd rather be a martyr that gets deported than agree to 14 days locked in a room that give him a clear disadvantage in terms of preparation and a big psychological advantage to his opponents.
If ever there were a case when the authorities were right and were too lenient on the celebs, it's that one.
You might not like Australia's strict quarantine rules, but Australia has never had a case of rabies or foot-and-mouth and various other diseases and takes bio-security very seriously, which is it's right.
Smuggling your pooch into the country because you have a private jet and are rich and famous isn't on.
There's really no excuse for ignorance.
Sorta like this.
Tennis Elbow.
well, no. if he doesn't meet the requirements of the visa he obtained he will be turned around.
You're right, they are refusing him entry. He is appealing it though and I won't be surprised if he wins the appeal and is allowed into Australia but has to quarantine like other unvaccinated people entering Australia. The reason his visa was denied seems to be because it doesn't allow for a medical exemption. Without the medical exemption he has a valid visa so pardon the pun but the ball with possibly be in Djokovic's court...he may be given the choice to enter quarantine for 14 days or get on the plane.
his wealth and their lifestyle inures his immediate family from any kind of contact with reality so you have to cut her some slack here. She’s no different from any other super millionaire it’s just that they are extremely to the right instead of hard left.
One is as bad as the other.
Even if that’s true he’s still a complete clown. 🤡 I like to give athletes credit for prioritising their careers as much the next man but I don’t think that includes flitting about from continent to continent without a vaccine during a pandemic. He’s a complete gimp and he needs a serious boot up the hole.
but they haven't passed the border. ABF refused them entry is my understanding.
Yes in terms of visas. Once a person passes the border state rules apply as far as I know but I'm open to correction.
The ABF are a federal body and follow federal rules.
Each state has their own rules. The link I provided above for Victoria gives information for unvaccinated arrivals.
I hope he brought lots of spare racquets.
Wonder will he be on one those" border patrol ,anything to declare" type tv programs .
All the rules (and exceptions) are in the link below, but the sentence "For travel into and out of Australia, travellers must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination." is pretty prominent on the page.
https://www.health.gov.au/health-alerts/covid-19/international-travel
No. If a person arrives in Victoria unvaccinated then they need to spend 14 days in quarantine.
https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/information-overseas-travellers
I think the most likely outcome is that Djokovic will be allowed into Australia but will have to quarantine for the 14 days. The tournament starts on the 17th of January. ABF really won't care if Djokovic is scheduled to play while in quarantine. They will most likely stick to their guns and keep him in quarantine meaning he'll have to forfeit any match he can't play unless Tennis Australia accommodate him by arranging the first round draw around his quarantine period.
Serbian athletes wouldn't exactly have the cleanest record in terms of doping in recent times.
Whenever I hear of medical exemptions, the controversies in cycling come to mind.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it emerges over time that it was more than a diet change that saw Novak eventually dominate the sport. Which makes his anti-vax stance even more brain-dead.
That he had medical exemption... i chink it was clear from the beginning the rules were bent for him and he may have being ok had he stayed quiet... thats just my view...
Oh boy. Way to turn this into a rant against an entire country. Actually shoehorn Soviet in there to include maybe Russia in your diatribe.
Do you actually need to be vaccinated in order to enter Australia?
@bubblypop wrote:
Someone told me, I don't know how much truth there is in it, that in communist times the governments would trial vaccines on people without their permission and that their distrust has continued on. I dunno, could be stories.
In Romania in particular, Ceaușescu engaged in all sorts of broad social and medical experiments that resulted in generations of women effectively being forced to have children and then having to hand them over to orphanages because they were unable to care for them. The orphanages were little more than concentration camps for children, where they were neglected, tortured and experimented on by the authorities. Disabled children especially were treated like animals, and many healthy children became disabled in the homes due to their exposure to treatable illnesses, malnutrition or injury.
As a result, there is widespread distrust of the government in Romania in relation to health care and children rights. I expect even if the situation wasn't quite so grim in Serbia, the distrust would certainly overflow from Romania in terms of "look at the damage they might do".
Maybe, but that’s not much use when he can’t physically get into the countries that host grand slams, because he refuses to get vaccinated.
I also think that if he just hadn’t tweeted about it, he probably would have been fine.
This is the tweet, for anyone wondering:
I wonder if it's a case that the Victorian government told him in principle that he had the exemption and granted the visa, but the small print said that the proof would still be required to be physically presented before entering the country. Either not spotting this, or being so arrogant as to think it wasn't important then he turned up, didn't have the proof and got sent on his way.
What a moron.
