Unvaccinated Djokovic Allowed into Australia by Mistake

Breaking - Djokovic has won his case. (15 mins ago)
He will be released from immigration detention and will be able to play in the Australian Open.
 

Warrigal said:
Breaking - Djokovic has won his case. (15 mins ago)
He will be released from immigration detention and will be able to play in the Australian Open.
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Breaking, breaking news. Novak's father says Novak has been rearrested. :( This could be that the Australian government is trying to re-cancel his visa which, I guess, they can do.
 
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chic said:
Breaking, breaking news. Novak's father says Novak has been rearrested. :( This could be that the Australian government is trying to re-cancel his visa which, I guess, they can do.
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Insanity!!!

Edit - not sure if this is true. Nothing on local news, at least not yet.

That doesn't mean that it won't happen. From The Guardian, which is usually very reliable

24 minutes ago -
Hawke will not make decision on Djokovic visa tonight
Paul Karp
Guardian Australia understands the immigration minister, Alex Hawke, will not make a call on whether to re-cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa tonight Australian time.

A spokesman for Hawke said: “Following today’s Federal Circuit ... determination on a procedural ground, it remains within immigration minister Hawke’s discretion to consider cancelling Mr Djokovic’s visa under his personal power of cancellation within section 133C(3) of the Migration Act. The minister is currently considering the matter and the process remains ongoing.”

Earlier this evening other outlets speculated that Hawke would need to make such a decision within four hours. The four hour window is only relevant if the government had decided to re-detain Djokovic for questioning, which has not occurred.

There is no time limit on Hawke’s power to cancel the visa – it can be done whenever he reaches the requisite satisfaction that there is a ground to do so and it is in the public interest.
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Australia folded!

This surprised me, as it didn't seem to be very Australian,
I have yet to meet an indecisive Aussie.

Now he has been re-arrested, the whole situation has
become farcical I think.

He should have been sent home last Thursday and none
of this would have happened, now it will go downhill fast,
maybe half the population like him and others don't, but
some of the "likes" will still want him gone, to prove that
the rules apply to everybody.

Only the lawyers win.

Mike.
 
Djokovic was released and is practicing for the AO but I have heard he could still have his visa overturned so it's a weird situation. This Thursday the official draw comes out so it is not likely that Novak's visa would be cancelled again if it isn't done before Thursday.
 
Australian Immigration Minister, Alex Hawk says the government is still considering whether to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, saying they still have the power to do so despite a court ruling in the tennis star’s favour.
 
Everyone seems to have forgotten the Czech tennis player who also entered Australia using the same medical exemption. She didn't have the money to launch an appeal and left the country voluntarily. It is possible that she is now banned from entering Australia for 3 years. An official (coach?) also had his visa revoked and left without appeal. Complete SNAFU all round.
 
Yes Djokovic could have avoided all of his troubles by getting vaccinated but nevertheless he has been treated appallingly. He was held incommunicado at the airport for hours in the middle of the night and was given 20 minutes at 4 am to produce further evidence. From the transcript is seems he had done all he could and the judge agreed, asking "What more could this man do?"

Here is a link to the record of his interview with immigration.

From midnight until 7am: Key moments of Djokovic's seven-hour interview with Border Force - ABC News
 
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Everyone seems to have forgotten the Czech tennis player who also entered Australia using the same medical exemption. She didn't have the money to launch an appeal and left the country voluntarily. It is possible that she is now banned from entering Australia for 3 years. An official (coach?) also had his visa revoked and left without appeal. Complete SNAFU all round.
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She's a doubles player and I have not forgotten her. She lacked the money and fame to fight against the decision made against her. It's a shame.
 
We have moved from a policy of controlling the virus to one off letting it rip. We have opened the borders to Australian nationals wanting to return home after two years of holding them at bay. I cannot see how keeping out international sports people will make any difference now.

But that aside, I think this whole affair has been a schemozzle from woe to go.
And an example of arbitrary injustice.
 
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Warrigal said:
We have moved from a policy of controlling the virus to one off letting it rip. We have opened the borders to Australian nationals wanting to return home after two years of holding them at bay. I cannot see how keeping out international sports people will make any difference now.

But that aside, I think this whole affair has been a schemozzle form woe to go.
And an example of arbitrary injustice.
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As I said before, some Australians are furious, but others are not.
 
That is a pretty fair coverage of the issues but there are quite a lot of Australians who are not at all sympathetic of Djokovic and who want him deported. Harsh border control wins votes over here.
 
Face to face I don't know any but on another forum there are several who think like this -

Novax Jokerd*ck should not be given any favourable treatment because he's famous and a world champion tennis player.
If all other international visitors to our shores have to abide by the rules, so should he.
To a tennis player, love means nothing.
Tell him to b*gger off !
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and this

and we have to pay his court costs. :mad::mad::mad:
and i don't get it.
we have been told 10 million times:
everyone that comes to australia must be fully vaccinated.

he is not. b*gger off.
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Yep !
I'm glad that the guvmin has enforced the rule.
If his visa doesn't include all relevant documentation regarding his exemption, then tell him to b*gger off ?
He's a champion tennis player but that doesn't give him any special rights to buck the system.
One rule for ALL !

He's continually refused to deny or confirm his vax status so the onus is on him.
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And finally ...

2nd that. I've had a look around for some tosses to give over Djokovic but can't find a single one.
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Admittedly this is a small forum so the sample is miniscule.
 

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