Anyone know what is his medical exception?
He lied on his entry form.
Sad comments on here. The vitriol is staggering. Yes people will point out that he lied on his immigration form and it is a safe kick to touch 'well what choice did they have' response.
Fine but just ask yourself if they had thrown him out anyway or his legal case had failed and he was just thrown out for being unvaccinated would your comments be any different.
We have rapidly regressed into a bunch of sanctimonious curtain twitchers looking for witches....and then ranting and burning them at the stake.
I am vaccinated and many people are but I have absolutely no issue with people who choose not to be. I entirely support them and respect their decision and would have no problem spending time with an 'anti vaxer' and have done. Entirely respect their view and bodily integrity.
This thread is just a tragic sign of the hysterical 'burn the anti vaxers'......mentality now embedded in our sad little society.
What a complete dog and pony show from the Australian government.
Fair enough they managed to get him on an arbitrary technicality in the end. Their country, their rules.
As for the general population cheering it on. Shaking my god damn head. They ire is misdirected.
Laughing at Scott Morrison harping on at good order when he himself showed himself up as a hypocrite regarding borders:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/scott-morrison-criticised-sydney-trip-covid-lockdown/100439354
We will look back on this pandemic in years to come with embarrassment. Such a hysterical over reaction globally. A political football masquerading as a health crisis.
A perfectly healthy man who played there last year unvaxxed nixed at the stroke of a pen.
Live a little, and go for a schooner!
If I was Djokovic I would get the hell out of Australia now and let them carry on with their dictatorship. So much hate over something that doesn't affect 99.99% of people.
Djokovic was used as a prop in an authoritarian theatric performance of an overbearing government gone mad about a cold virus which has a current death rate lower than the annual flu. Covid hysteria and wokeness rules in Australia.
Grasshole gets his comeuppance. A good news story - for once.
Well Nadal has had it recently (and was actually ill) so I'll guess we'll see!
Risky though. Even if he is a moron and probably believes he could heal himself with crystals up his arse, his team would advise that contracting a respiratory disease a month out from a major tournament stands a high chance of reducing his performance.
Given the involvement of high politicians in Serbia into this issue, it's very plausible that he was issued with a fake PCR result after a quick phone call to the ministry of health.
This is great news. Fair play to the Aussies, I will raise a middy of Tooheys in their honour tonight. Cheers! π» π¦ π₯
Take covid out of it.
He lied on his Visa application about his previous countries prior to entry. Delighted for once, the laws have been applied to someone who feels they are above them
The timing was convenient alright but it doesn't mean he didn't have it. Intentionally going out and getting covid was probably the obvious thing for him to do if he wanted to play in Australia without being vaccinated (as far as he'd been told by tennis Australia).
It's about the public respecting and obeying the rules & guidelines, which has a major impact on public health. It's got nothing to do with Novak's diet, tennis abilities or his chances of infecting others.
What does politics have to do with him lying on his immigration forms? Unless you believe the rich and famous should be held to a lower standard than everyone else.
Also as I'm sure others have commented upon on here, isn't it very convenient that he got a positive PCR test on the 16th of December. How was he planning on entering Australia if he hadn't contracted covid at that point? He hardly decided to enter the Australian Open on a whim after the 16th of December. A more cynical person might say that his team looked at all the possible ways he could get into the country unvaccinated and decided that a positive PCR was the best route.
No they haven't made an example of him, people lie on their immigration forms, they get the boot. This happens all the time. What they didn't do is treat him differently from all the plebs.
No harm? All those people getting hospitalised with the omicron must be exaggerating soπ
He gave false information on his entry forms. What choice did they have but to deport him?
New balls please.
I don't know honestly but regardless an uphill battle I would think
Whatever about vaccines or dodgy Covid certs, once he lied on the immigration form, he was done.
That's about it really
Nice post, but Aussies have been out in their 100s of thousands all summer and it has made zero difference
Mad how the usual suspects who are normally baying for harshly enforced entry requirements and border controls are suddenly champions of free and open borders.
Nigel Farage championing Djokovic's case says it all really.
It would be absolutely brilliant if nadal gets number 21 now π
I'll believe it when the matches are redrawn without Djokovic or hes out of Australia.
What happens if he appeals this time?Will he even bother and have this hanging over him during the tournament?
Australian government are very unpredictable and like making a big show for the public it seems. A lot of media reporting they are using this to distract from their balls up of handling Omicron. At this rate Djokovic will be wrestled off court just as he gets his first match point on Monday to cheers. Landslide re-election for Scott Morrison.
I don't have much sympathy for the guy frankly
He chooses to get unvaccinated. That's his choice. But he also knows the entry requirements to Australia
Aussies have had to live by very restricted exit and entry requirements
Unfortunately it will be lapped up by the braying masses.
This is what modern politics is all about - placating the hysterical, mouth-breathing mobs.
All over a virus that poses absolutely negligible risk to the vast, vast majority.
The clappy-seals cheering this on should have a word with themselves.
Saw that being mentioned, but now reported he's been called for interview with immigration official tomorrow. This seems like it's going to run and run.
Yes, rules should not apply to the greatest sports athletes.
Having been to Australia quite a few times (and complied with their immigration laws each time, hint, it wasn't difficult to) I don't pity anyone that lives there, it's a quite magnificent and awe inspiring Country, so in fact I envy them. Apart from the bitey stingy things obviously.
The men in power have been elected by those same people to protect the Country from unchecked migration and to apply the law equally to everyone. It's quite clear from polling in recent days that in fact this decision of Minister Hawke will be very popular and absolutely backed by the electorate.
Besides, he's a politician, he's doing it not just because it's right, but also because it's popular. It is a General Election year in the Great Southern Land after all.
He lied on the form they have every right to refuse him entry. If the Australian authorities hadn't made such a hash initially he would have been out already.
He has shown himself up multiple times.
- Knowingly mixing with people when he knew he was covid positive. He didn't notify anyone after.
- Lying on his entry form. He had traveled to other countries before entry
you can even go back to his super spreader tennis tournament.
His family have done him absolutely no favours either with their bizarre rants. But hey he has Farage on his side...
Oh well poor Novax jockstrap now realises heβs no different than anyone else. You play by the rules in Aussie or you donβt play at all..
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