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Djokovic wins court battle to stay in Australia


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MelbHawker

I live in Melbourne.. the decision to allow him in to our state & to play is an absolute joke. There are countless vaccinated people (e.g. partner of a citizen living here, family members of new citizens or permanent residents), who have genuine & compelling reasons to enter Australia (e.g to farewell a dying loved one, to meet a new grandchild, simply to see their families, partners after 2 years of border closures) who are being denied exemptions without explanation even though their reasoning for wanting to enter here is valid. 

His elitism & wealth gets him in for a Tennis tournament.. this whole saga makes my country look like a circus. People here are tired of there being one set of rules for us who live here (at the moment vaccinated people can’t go & visit dying family in hospitals for example..) & another for the rich & famous. If he does end up playing.. they’ll have to bulk up security at his matches because people have legit become crazy here because of all these ridiculous rules. It’ll get ugly. 

FTR, I am so against anyone being denied entry here, regardless of their status. I’m just tired of the rules here.

 

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3 hours ago, MADDONNA said:

I hope everybody will be treated the same if they wanna enter Australia!

 

No they won't, of course not. Even democratic countries can be corrupted

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bionic
1 hour ago, MOT said:

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).

The court decision was on the basis that the visa rejection process wasn't followed by border control. It was a technicality. The federal government can still cancel the visa in the correct way (and this is allegedly what they're waiting until tomorrow to decide on).

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9 minutes ago, bionic said:

The court decision was on the basis that the visa rejection process wasn't followed by border control. It was a technicality. The federal government can still cancel the visa in the correct way (and this is allegedly what they're waiting until tomorrow to decide on).

I stand corrected. That's excellent news. I hope they boot his anti-vaxx arse all the way back to the airport.

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CannaeDrive
35 minutes ago, Killa said:

Ofc with the Serbian government pressuring 

I highly doubt the Serbian government has that much weight with Australian authorities :oprah:

38 minutes ago, MOT said:

I stand corrected. That's excellent news. I hope they boot his anti-vaxx arse all the way back to the airport.

It would be such a shame and weak attitude from Australian authorities if they can't achieve that simple procedure.

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2 hours ago, MelbHawker said:

I live in Melbourne.. the decision to allow him in to our state & to play is an absolute joke. There are countless vaccinated people (e.g. partner of a citizen living here, family members of new citizens or permanent residents), who have genuine & compelling reasons to enter Australia (e.g to farewell a dying loved one, to meet a new grandchild, simply to see their families, partners after 2 years of border closures) who are being denied exemptions without explanation even though their reasoning for wanting to enter here is valid. 

His elitism & wealth gets him in for a Tennis tournament.. this whole saga makes my country look like a circus. People here are tired of there being one set of rules for us who live here (at the moment vaccinated people can’t go & visit dying family in hospitals for example..) & another for the rich & famous. If he does end up playing.. they’ll have to bulk up security at his matches because people have legit become crazy here because of all these ridiculous rules. It’ll get ugly. 

FTR, I am so against anyone being denied entry here, regardless of their status. I’m just tired of the rules here.

 

wait even vaccinated people aren't allowed into the country?

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MelbHawker
3 hours ago, Defmix100 said:

wait even vaccinated people aren't allowed into the country?

Only vaccinated citizens are allowed to return/travel to the country. 

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11 hours ago, Dennis said:

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.

 

13 hours ago, dojo said:

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 :partysick:

um there are legitimate medical reasons to not get the vaccine. If you've been vaccinated (at least in the U.S.) you'll know they ask if you've ever had an allergic reaction to a vaccine. My mom was paralyzed and close to death from guillain barre syndrome from the 1976 swine flu vaccine (hundreds of kids were, look it up) and all of her doctors (pre and post covid) have told her she can't get any vaccines including the covid vaccine. My mom just got covid, recovered, and has antibodies. It's ridiculous to demonize (or make laws to punish) those who can't get vaccinated for medical reasons when they're the ones who will get sick and the vaccinated CAN STILL SPREAD THE VIRUS. The virtue signaling is crazy.

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Fantina

As a fellow Serbian I feel like I'm in the minority when I say that he should be denied entry.  To be one of the best tennis players in the world and to say you are apolitical when it comes down to your own country's politics is absurd. This whole situation escalated and turned into something it shouldn't have. Hundreds of people are denied entry every single day with no hope of an appeal and he gets all the privileges.

If he has a medical exemption from getting his vaccine that is great but it still doesn't excuse his behavior when he was positive and broke quarantine. I just want this drama to end, I am getting so tired of hearing about it everyday when there are bigger problems like Omicron. 

Until then, this is Elvira saying unpleasant dreams.
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10 hours ago, LilMissThang said:

 

um there are legitimate medical reasons to not get the vaccine. If you've been vaccinated (at least in the U.S.) you'll know they ask if you've ever had an allergic reaction to a vaccine. My mom was paralyzed and close to death from guillain barre syndrome from the 1976 swine flu vaccine (hundreds of kids were, look it up) and all of her doctors (pre and post covid) have told her she can't get any vaccines including the covid vaccine. My mom just got covid, recovered, and has antibodies. It's ridiculous to demonize (or make laws to punish) those who can't get vaccinated for medical reasons when they're the ones who will get sick and the vaccinated CAN STILL SPREAD THE VIRUS. The virtue signaling is crazy.

Nobody is demonising people who have legitimate medical reasons to not get the vaccine. 

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