StarryNight 10,107 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic will be allowed to remain in Australia, clearing the way for him to compete in the Australian Open after a judge on Monday overturned a decision to cancel the tennis star’s visa. The decision, by Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly, ended a five-day standoff between the world’s top-ranked men’s player and Australian officials that had become an international spectacle. It gives the Serbian star a shot at breaking the record for men’s Grand Slam singles titles at the Melbourne tournament. In the hearing, Djokovic’s attorney, Nick Wood, argued that the tennis player had provided the Australian government with all required documentation and then received a reply from the Department of Home Affairs saying his responses indicated he met the requirements of quarantine-free travel. “What is someone in Mr. Djokovic’s position supposed to understand?” Wood asked. “Any reasonable person would understand, and he did understand, that he had ticked absolutely every box.” Kelly appeared to agree, noting that there had been a “back and forth” of information from various levels of government and that Djokovic’s medical exemption had been approved by two independent panels of specialists. “The point that I’m somewhat agitated about is, what more could this man have done,” he asked. source Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,871 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Unfortunately I understand. Whoever approved him coming, twice, f*cked up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eido 3,681 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 He is non vaccinated Clearly against masks and vaccines That should be enough for them to just tell them to go back to his country But I guess money solves it all and the judge doesn't want to be known as "the one who stopped Novak from playing with his yellow balls" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryNight 10,107 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Eido said: But I guess money solves it all Djokovic’s medical exemption had been approved by two independent panels of specialists, he has all the necessary medical documentation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADDONNA 234 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I hope everybody will be treated the same if they wanna enter Australia! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante 878 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, StarryNight said: Djokovic’s medical exemption had been approved by two independent panels of specialists, he has all the necessary medical documentation. Based off him supposedly having Covid in December. Even though he was pictured out and about at the time. So either he's lieing about having Covid, or he went around spreading it to everyone. Either way, he's a douchebag and should be deported. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryNight 10,107 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 he's back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryNight 10,107 Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dante said: he's a douchebag and should be deported. he didn't violate any law and court confirmed that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Privilege always wins. He should be dragged out of the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dojo 19,823 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 yeah his case is tricky! but apparently he did everything under the law, had all his paperwork on check and his case was examined under extreme scrutiny. If Australians don't want this to happen again in the future they should re-write their laws because he actually didn't broke any Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahrahWitch 6,985 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I thought covid or not you had to be vaccinated to enter Australia? The crowds for his matches are going to be very interesting to watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOT 3,605 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It isn't settled yet. The Immigration Minister still has the power to cancel Djokovic's visa, and he may yet do so. I understand that public opinion in Australia is very much anti-Djokovic, but I don't know if that's enough to overturn a verdict of the court (which is effectively what the minister would be doing). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis 8,391 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Curious to know what this medical exemption is and whether it was written by a anti-vax doctor? My mom has an immune disorder. She was actually recommended to take the vaccine. And she's perfectly fine after three shots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papergangster 2,823 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 As a tennis fan, I’ve never liked him. Wouldn’t bother me if he didn’t play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illundressyou 447 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Whatever. Federer >>>>>> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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