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Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by jlangenauer »

factorialboy wrote: post #12
wombatmobile wrote: post #5

David Crowe writes in The Age https://archive.ph/Ohx6d The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he…

> The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison > Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? This is bizarre logic. "I got screwed, so someone else should get screwed too!" He got the exemption. It was challenged in court.…

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with Australians - and I speak as one, now thankfully living elsewhere - but "I got screwed, so someone else should get screwed too!" is a big part of the national psyche, along with "How dare someone get something that I'm not getting!".

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by ruszki »

King-Aaron wrote: post #8
wombatmobile wrote: post #5

David Crowe writes in The Age https://archive.ph/Ohx6d The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he…

> Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he is only a few months away from an election. This has been the entire strategy for the government's handling of the pandemic - national interests be damned, as long as it favours the party being re-elected.

I don't think that national interests really mattered anytime in any country. That is just a tool to keep power. Maybe it's important for some politician, but focusing on power grab is way more beneficial at the top.

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by karmasimida »

factorialboy wrote: post #12
wombatmobile wrote: post #5

David Crowe writes in The Age https://archive.ph/Ohx6d The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he…

> The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison > Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? This is bizarre logic. "I got screwed, so someone else should get screwed too!" He got the exemption. It was challenged in court.…

Didn't he lie that he wouldn't do international travel 14 days before entering Australia?

I think there are plenty of evidence for the government to cancel him on this one.

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by Narretz »

relyks wrote: post #18
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #2

Did the question around potentially doctored documents ever reach a conclusion?

Djokovic admitted in a statement on his Instagram page that there was a mistake in his travel documents: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYnO7cDqbdj/ I don't think his statement puts him in the best light. He also admitted that he publicly took an interview when Djokovic knew that he was positive for COVID without giving a heads up to the interviewer. Although it was brief, he also removed his mask. I'm a fan of Djokovic…

He did however not address the issue that his positive PCR test was probably falsified. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/does-not-match-dj...

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by maccard »

m1sta_ wrote: post #6
wombatmobile wrote: post #5

David Crowe writes in The Age https://archive.ph/Ohx6d The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? Angering those Australians would have been a huge danger for Morrison when he…

Responding to your rhetorical... Yes. Covid is rampant at this point. An aggressive testing path and allowing him to play would absolutely be in the public's best interest. It's clowns on both sides here but the risk of letting him in is definitely not high enough to balance the public benefit of him being allowed to play. Once he plays the special public benefit ends and so should his visa.

The issue imo isn't the covid-ness, it's lying on the immigration forms. If I did that, I would be barred from entering the country ever again.

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by forty »

Bancakes wrote: post #14

Saying "public interest" without a referendum or any representation from the public, is such an abuse of power. Go settle your revenge fantasies in your personal time.

I don't know Australia at all, but I imagine they have some kind of elected representative which have an influence on who is leading the country.

As far as I understand they are doing that for election purpose, which I imagine means it's somehow a popular decision among Australian voters.

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by jmeister »

“Judges are not stupid and are fully aware of what a Friday, 5:55pm, exercise of a Minister's power means ... The Government's delay - given everything about Djokovic's case was known or knowable this time last week - will hurt its case for urgent removal & help Djokovic's claim.”

https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1481885230479048705

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/diplomati...

It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by Canada »

relyks wrote: post #22
factorialboy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The political cost of letting Djokovic stay was too high for Morrison > Australians have been barred from visiting a dying parent in hospital, blocked from seeing a new grandchild and forbidden from having a wedding. Should they accept that a tennis star gets the leeway they were denied? This is bizarre logic. "I got screwed, so someone else should get screwed too!" He got the exemption. It was challenged in court.…

Djokovic has demonstrated recklessness in dealing with COVID precautions. Read his Instagram statement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYnO7cDqbdj/

Would you paste it or quote from it for those of us who won't login to Instagram?

Re: Novak Djokovic's Visa Cancelled by Australian Minister for Immigration

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Post by aaaaaaaaaaab »

network2592 wrote: post #9

Will Novak Djokovic face the same consequences when playing other tournaments of the grand slam in the USA, UK, and France? Presumably, he is not a citizen of any of these countries. So he does not have right of entry.

There’s no vaccination requirement for entering the UK.
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