Anyone know what is his medical exception?
I’m all for strict checks, but I am also for common sense and discretion as well. Being strict, firm and fair can coexist with discretion and common sense.
advocating for common sense in Nole’s case here, where he is clearly well known as not a criminal, terrorist, sponger, and as someone who will be home in 3 weeks doesn’t mean anyone is saying that the Aussies should drop their guard in the visa process.
the option to use discretion and common sense was screaming! They chose to be hostile pr1cks on this
Name a sporting organisation that hasn't had a loss of earnings in the last couple of years due to covid.
The same amount of tickets will be sold with or without Djokovic as they are capped at 50% capacity. If it were full capacity then this may have been affected.
Any decision to move it to Singapore will be financial and nothing to do with any single player.
he followed the exemptions process, as others did, as set-up by the Victorian Government and Tennis Australia and as approved by the Federal Government
The Czech tennis player and the other official got in that way ahead of Djokovic
The federal advice to Tennis Australia aligns with statements made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the day Djokovic arrived.
Asked whether the world No. 1 had received an exemption, Mr Morrison said on January 5: “Well, that is a matter for the Victorian government. They have provided him with an exemption to come to Australia, and so we then act in accordance with that decision … That’s how it works. States provide exemptions for people to enter on those bases.”
Djokovic would have never come within an ass's roar of Australia otherwise. Either would the other people with the exemptions.
The mess-ups internally and political flip-flopping are fully the fault of the Australians on this.
The only thing that the Australians could point to relevant to the situation is the 14-day travel declaration thing but even the smallest of children can see that that makes no practical difference to anything.
In the end what they used was this 133c law which is a broad power "at the discretion of the minister".
Yeah I'd say he has maybe 3 seasons left in him, so that won't be a problem.
Ah to be fair the ATP haven't been trying to help Novak at all. I don't really believe this threat angle of the Australian open not being held in Australia before. I want him to play and hopefully get beaten. I've a funny feeling he will get to play!
A judge ruled that I have to raze the extension and house - something about not having planning permission or an environmental impact report or the right connections.
The Australian Open parent organisation lost over $100 million in the last 15 months
Ticket sales this year will be capped by the government due to Omicron so they will lose more money
Djokovic not being there will undoubtedly affect television ratings and any ratings performance related revenue
Sponsors are not a big fan of the location of the Australian Open because Australia is not a big market compared to the other locations
There is some talk of it being moved to Singapore over the longer term as it would be more valuable from a sponsor point of view (Japan, China etc)
The ATP could do that
What occurred this year is not going to help their case
Imagine slating someone else's posting style, while simultaneously refusing to use capital letters or any form of punctuation.
He wasn't shafted by anyone other than his own smug sense if superiority. He thought he could pull a fast one, and was caught. He then tried to weasel his way out of it by claiming ignorance of the laws and regulations in place, and was caught out again. You claim he followed the process, but it is plain for all to see that he did not. At least, not correctly, and now he's dealing with the consequences of that.
As the old saying goes, he f****** around, and found out.
What exactly do you think they are losing? The Australian open is going ahead. Ticket sales and viewing probably won't be hugely affected. Most people will have forgotten all about this in a couple of months until it's possibly brought up again for the 2023 Australian Open. The only person losing anything is Novak Djokovic.
It's their country and their rules. If you think their rules or actions are not fair, that's irrelevant. Their rules.
(Personally, given what has come out about it, especially lying on the immigration form, he should be ejected from the country posthaste. If you want to support him for lying on his form in order to get in, then I presume you'd also support an immigrant coming iinto Ireland on forged or stolen identity documents. It's the same principle.)
Its amazing. Its been the very same on this site. The people normally demanding stricter immigration are now demanding much more lax immigration.
What is the story with the whole "a family man" line.
I know loads of family men who are absolutely rotten people
If I were him at this point I’d throw up the middle finger to the Australian Open and never play there again.
He has a few more years in him and will get enough grand slams elsewhere to cement his place in history as the GOAT.
Its their loss not his. Go Novak!
Might need to rethink his process if it includes lying on his immigration documents. I think the majority agree he shafted himself.
Also, maybe he could have taken the vaccine like 97 of the other ATP top 100. Just a thought. Saved me having to interact with some unpleasant individuals on this thread.
worth reminding people again
You have clearly never seen a single sport ever
Tbh apologies,I thought you were being sarcastic and didn't read it like a question. Sorry.
Nigel Farage criticising Australias immigration rules is just poetic justice.
Try getting into Australia while trying to dodge their immigration rules. Let us know how you get on.
Being a celeb shouldn't carry an advantage.
I actually laugh out loud when I'm reading your posts. As if the Australian government should consider a foreign tennis star any less of a "nobody" or a "stranger" than anyone else. You are seriously embarrassing yourself, count your lucky blessings this is an anonymous forum.
Djokovic's only hope here is an injunction that also keeps him out of detention
An injunction that delays the deportation until after the Australian Open
The 133c law has very sweeping powers so decisions under it can't really be overturned
If you think that was the comparison I was making, you completely missed the point. It's about sports fans becoming illogical/ excessively emotively attached to sports stars to the point where they believe they can do no wrong. Might be eye-opening for you to watch. It's on netflix.
he broke australian immigration law. being well known doesn't make him immune to consequences.
you posted nonsense. pure nonsense.
frenzied - very poor projection effort!
merely pointing out your awful posting quality - that's not frenzied - that's just showing what you've done
you compared Djokovic to rapists in the most pathetic troll post in this long thread (and that's saying something)
Indeed. I don’t know Australian immigration law, but how it works here with a Judicial Review is that the High Court can strike down an immigration decision for a flaw in the procedures applied. Which seems to be what happened here. What they cannot do is grant someone an immigration permission. That is purely a matter for the Government/Minister. A decision that has been quashed by the Court must be made again.
I'm just intrigued to see why you are saying that Djokovic should be allowed to stay in the country despite breaking their immigration law by filling out immigration documentation incorrectly?
Also, no need for the personal attacks. It comes across a bit.... frenzied.
The comparing the visa checks on the general public (who are complete nobodies and strangers) to this visa issue for a world known tennis star who has been to the country many times, won many titles, won many fans, and who is not a possible sponger, criminal, terrorist…is absolutely ridiculous. The Australians have zero to fear by allowing him stay and play for two weeks.
this decision has eff all to do with visa integrity. As if him staying for two weeks after all the arguing is somehow going to affect or damage the visa process in Australia. Utter nonsense.
he went through the process and after all this, they want to them kick him out due to an omission issue on a form. Absurd behavior.
yet more irrelevant whatabottery
have you actually made one good point in 56 pages of this thread? - no I would argue
just replying to posts but not actually addressing anything in the previous post,
or just seeking to be inflammatory for the sake of it
or posting bullshit like the Der Spiegel date and time rubbish
archetypal shitposter
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