Djokovic

He may offload admin tasks, but he remains responsible for their accuracy. He signs the declaration.

yes you're correct

I'm not disputing that in the slightest

but the point about no motivation to lie and substantivenss still is valid imo

but there is no proof (and actually no allegations from anyone like the Australian government) that he forged anything about his Covid Test which he used to obtain the exemption for the reason of "recent Covid"

The Australian immigration minister Hawke yesterday conceded that Djokovic actually had a valid medical exemption when he arrived last week

Which considering that last week that was the very reason what they stopped him at the airport and cancelled his visa is a complete about turn / moving the goalposts on their part

"World number one men's tennis player Novak Djokovic failed to provide sufficient proof to receive a medical exemption to enter Australia, prime minister Scott Morrison has confirmed."

providing link to other post again but also a quick summary ->

if declared (prior 14 day travel) on form it would not have prevented entry for Djokovic so there is no actual motivation to lie on that aspect

also not considered substantive enough to be addressed in government's submissions and by informed commentators

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118479514/#Comment_118479514

no you're just making that up

the medical exemption, which 3 other people also got in respect of the Australian Open (and they were let in no problem to Australia using it) was about an exemption to vaccination

As yesterday the Australian immigration minister Hawke himself conceded that Djokovic did in fact have a valid medical exemption that would fairly effectively cover that off (despite the fact that Australia last week cancelled his visa claiming that he did not have proof for this exemption but now they are arguing different reasons)

you should take a look at this to get a better idea

as said 3 other people got into Australia ahead of Djokovic no problem using the same exemption. more people applied also.

while Djokovic was in the air on his last leg to Australia the actual prime minister of Australia described very clearly how the exemptions work (and basically how they worked in the case of the people who got in ahead of him)

So he very clearly outlined this.

Then Djokovic arrives and the Australian government (due to some media chat about Djokovic coming over on the exemption) decides to exempt the exemption in his case

They (government) stopped him on the basis that he didn't have enough proof for his exemption and cancelled his visa and kicked all this off

there was nothing about the Serbia social media stuff at that time - that came much later so at the point in time the government went out to get him for political gain it's not in the picture

Now the government have conceded that he HAD a valid medical exemption on arrival but are using a law 113(c) that is a law that denies natural justice - so unlikely to be overcome. basically it's a "I said so and there is no comeback" type law