Djokovic

Yeah… but it wasn’t a mistake.

Why do all ye pro-Djokovic give so much of a sh1t?

Genuine question. Have ye been all mad big fans of his for years, or even big fans of tennis? Or are ye just cranky about covid and want to project some moaning through him?

He's a multi-millionaire who thought the rules didn't apply to him and that he was better than all the little people he wanted to sh1t all over by bypassing all the rules and restrictions that they have to follow. Fu^k him. I'm not losing any sleep over him.

Boris Johnson/Djokovic/whoever. Rules are for them as well.

They thought they had a victory against the deep state/freemasons/Jeff Besoz who are trying to enslave us with 5G magnetic vaccines.

They have dug too deep into Novak's bullsht to try turning round now so just have to defend this dung hill for dear life.

I'm not on YouTube or Facebook so no idea what your on about

Do you disagree with the fact that having had covid gives better antibodies than the vaccine ?

having consulted the Migration Act 1958 I would be of the opinion that the Minister's personal power is indeed final and not subject to review.

S474 of the Migration Act 1958 reads:-

Such privative clause restrictions have been subject to many challenges in the courts over the years, some successful to a certain degree, and some not so, however I would think he will need to go to the Supreme Court with this one rather than the Federal Circuit and Family Court, but, we will wait and see what happens.

Have heard that a fast track court appearance rather than an interview may be starting at 10.15 AEDT Saturday (which is in about 5 minutes our time) so we may find out more very soon.

I have been a big fan of Djokovic for years, but I like all tennis players more or less.

I also am against the pressure placed on unvaccinated people in general, and I also have little regard for the Australian authorities since the beginning of covid - particularly in Victoria!

So it's the perfect storm for me.

However I accept Djokovic made too many errors of judgement which don't stand up to scrutiny. I don't expect him to be allowed to play now.

But like I said upthread they should have made it easy for him to get in in the first place and relaxed their harsh, unbearable, failed and unjustifiable rules - for everyone, including people who want to see their dying parents.

Everyone who supported pandemic restrictions seems to feel they have to double-down on the worst myopic bureaucratic regulations separating families from each other.

Maybe if some disobedient tennis player gets a taste of how unfair it is it it'll salve everyone's conscience for making people miss their parent's funerals?

Full hearing 09.30 AEDT Sunday morning which is 22.30 tomorrow night our time.

But was he not given an exemption, along with some conditions, which was already a special exception made for him, but even then still took the pi$s?

I mean he was being allowed in even without the vaccine just as long as he played ball. And the conditions don't seem to have been that onerous.

Novak v The Australian Government

No...this isn't about his travel declaration at all...From the Sydney Morning Herald...

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/australia-declares-djokovic-a-risk-to-civil-order-and-public-health-20220114-p59oex.html

"The furious debate that had engulfed Djokovic for the past 10 days – whether a recent bout of COVID-19 provided him with a genuine exemption to travel to Australia without being vaccinated – has been abandoned by the government without Mr Hawke even reading Djokovic’s extensive submissions on the question.

Instead, the case is now headed to the Federal Court and will be argued on dramatically new grounds at a public hearing before Justice David O’Callaghan at 10.15am Saturday.

Mr Hawke’s detailed reasons for his decision to cancel Djokovic’s visa for a second time since his arrival in Australia late on January 5, revealed by this masthead, portray the nine-time Australian Open winner as a menace to both public health and public order."

Exactly....and the gross hypocrisy is that they have members of their own government who have been very vocal promoting anti-vaccine sentiment.

I can't see how they can win on this ground seeing as they have not taken similar measures against other unvaccinated people.

"I can't see how they can win on this ground seeing as they have not taken similar measures against other unvaccinated people"

What other people have been in the same situation that they failed to revoke their visa?

Serbs screaming persecution because a tennis player being detained is a touch ironic for me.

You would think they'd be less keen on slanging that word around

No Father, 'tis my money, I just didn't want to fill out the forms.

Maybe he did. I'd still classify forging a document to say i had a disease that has killed millions of people worldwide and changed millions more lives unimaginably, just so i could play in a tennis tournament as scumbag behaviour though.

Serbia should declare war on Australia and invade next winter. This decision cannot be accepted.

Djokovic has $2,875,000 reasons to lie. People have murdered other people for far less, let alone told porkies.