I‘d say his whole catching every six months to give him a permanent exemption stinks to hell. He 100% should not have been allowed to even get on the plane here, he’s not an Aussie citizen. If the government don’t deport him, then it’ll just give legal challenges to the rules a very firm footing.
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I‘d say his whole catching every six months to give him a permanent exemption stinks to hell. He 100% should not have been allowed to even get on the plane here, he’s not an Aussie citizen. If the government don’t deport him, then it’ll just give legal challenges to the rules a very firm footing.
He did travel from Serbia to Spain less than 14 days before travelling to Australia. He said otherwise in the submitted form.
That boat has sailed but the Minister can still cancel his visa again. Not sure they have the appetite.
Even if true who cares? You sign the declaration and part of that is that you confirm you completed the form yourself.
Maybe. It could be they are still fighting internally about what to do or it could be that they have made a decision and are waiting to announce it. If they have decided to let him stay (which is more likely than not) they will want to do whatever makes as little fuss as possible, as they will still be thinking they can spin their way out of this mess.
I don’t know why people need to spread fake news when there’s enough to dislike him for anyway.
I think many or even most people here think he probably faked the covid test to get around the rules.
We don't know. What we do know is that he is the only player relying on previous covid infection as a reason not to be vaccinated. Probably the only person full stop. The rest of us have to be vaccinated.
Can he play in midfield?
Not as good as Scotty, but Novak surprisingly shoots with his left foot, but plays tennis with his right hand.
Fresh submissions from Novak Djokovic’s lawyers are the reason for a delay on the fate of the tennis player’s visa, and, by extension, his prospects to compete in the Australian Open.
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...0841d0f6ca7111#block-61de3bd18f0841d0f6ca7111
The Guardian said:
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...0841d0f6ca7111#block-61de3bd18f0841d0f6ca7111
What happens if his visa is cancelled after the draw is made? Does anyone happen to know how that might affect the draw?
Presumably someone from the qualifiers will be given his spot, but it still messes up the draw given his seeded status.
Djokovic blames his agent for ticking the wrong box on his entry form.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-paperwork-mistake-covid-positive-test-result
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-paperwork-mistake-covid-positive-test-result
Again, I don't understand why he needs to think about it. Djokovics has no grounds to stay in the country, so should have been gone already.
What a fiasco.
What a fiasco.
A good video on the dark side of wellness culture. I lost a very close friend (who happened to be a schoolboy athlete way back in the days for what it's worth) to new-age lunacy so this hits close to home.
Walkover for his opponent? Makes the most sense
I’ve seen enough episodes of Border Security: Australia’s Front Line to know that this excuse is like a red flag to a bull for immigration agents. The form is your responsibility and yours alone, it makes zero difference if someone else filled it out for you!
He’s admitted breaking isolation rules while positive
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59935127
This must surely influence the Australian decision ?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59935127
This must surely influence the Australian decision ?
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Border officer: You ticked the box that said you packed the bag yourself. Did you?
Tourist: Yes
Border officer: What about these concealed bags of white powder and these 4 rhino horns?
Tourist: No my new friend packed those when he gave me this nice new free bag at the airport.
Border Office: #$@####$%
Maybe if you can tie that to the reason the visa is cancelled in the event that it is.
You would think that cancellation now would be in the grounds of public health. That him being unvaxxed puts him at a higher risk of infection and past behaviour suggest at best a cavalier attitude if he does get infected might just fly. On the other hand he is just one person in an Omicron outbreak. I'd be surprised if they get rid of him just for the box tick thing - that boats has sailed imo.
Yeah but If he is clearly willing to break the rules in his own country, among his fellow Serbs, one could assume he won’t be too bothered about doing the same in Australia.
He should 100% be booted.
I'd love him gone. Just because he is an anti-vax covidiot who is laughing at the rules we have to follow and the sacrifices we made to keep us all safe if nothing else.
The world over.Find it very hard to believe he didn't know about his test result on the 17th. Also admitting that he went ahead and did the interview and photoshoot on the 18th after knowing he's positive...
Border officer: You ticked the box that said you packed the bag yourself. Did you?
Tourist: Yes
Border officer: What about these concealed bags of white powder and these 4 rhino horns?
Tourist: No my new friend packed those when he gave me this nice new free bag at the airport.
Border Office: #$@####$%
every time.I can’t believe the sheer arrogance and narcissism on display with his excuses. “My agent is very sorry to have made a mistake filling out a section on my forms”.
He knew he took a test on the 16th. He went and hung out with kids massless on the 17th. Whether he knew the result of that test ok not by then is immaterial, you should assume you are positive until proven otherwise.
Has a tendency to disappear when any sort of heat is on.
Yup, I agree but it's Novak we're talking about here. Even assuming that he didn't get his result on the 17th (which I find hard to believe), seeing his casual attitude towards giving the interview on the 18th, I would not be surprised if knew he was positive even on the 16th (assuming the RT PCR isn't fake ofcourse). However, even by Novak's standards, surely he'd have known the backlash IF he was indeed positive and he met those kids. You'd think he'd be smarter than that.
I can’t believe the sheer arrogance and narcissism on display with his excuses. “My agent is very sorry to have made a mistake filling out a section on my forms”.
He knew he took a test on the 16th. He went and hung out with kids massless on the 17th. Whether he knew the result of that test ok not by then is immaterial, you should assume you are positive until proven otherwise.
Give me 100 Euros and I'll get you a genuine paper saying you're covid positive here in Serbia. Of course he faked it.
Still better than him thinking he might have it and then going around hugging children.
Morally, yes, but not with regards to his claim to stay in the country.
Yup, hopefully he's thrown out and they ban him for a few years too. Can't stand anti-vaxxers. You have zero consideration for others? I'll have zero consideration for you.
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What the feck have they done to the tennistv app? It's utterly broken on every non-phone device.
They've made it literally worse than WTATV, which is some achievement.
They've made it literally worse than WTATV, which is some achievement.
Totally agreed. Such a shame that such a brilliant sportsman is an utter cock.
His explanations are unconvincing, at best. Not that it’ll probably matter.
Pretty much, but he will get away with it, it seems.
Increasingly, though it looks like Border Force has messed up a pretty straightforward case as regards the exemption, at least in the sense that the Australian government had decided, even if only latterly, that anyone with an exemption of that nature wouldn’t be admitted. The defects in the detention and interview process will probably be what remedies a pretty iffy basis for entry.
I suspect that if the procedural aspect as regards his detention or interview hadn’t been so overly ballsed up by Borderforce, that he would’ve already been sent home. The PR losses suffered when the details and the transcripts were released means that they probably now can’t deport him without looking vindictive and vexatious.
I suspect that if the procedural aspect as regards his detention or interview hadn’t been so overly ballsed up by Borderforce, that he would’ve already been sent home. The PR losses suffered when the details and the transcripts were released means that they probably now can’t deport him without looking vindictive and vexatious.
The funny thing is, he is actually not a total disaster. I did find his way to kind of reconcile with Croatia quite good. At the same time he is meeting some serbian ultra-nationalists.
Went to an interview whilst knowing he was positive. Utterly negligent and surely even criminal?
Surely Australia has a case here. Though he failed to stick to protocols in a different country I'd be surprised if they couldn't use that as evidence that he's a person who has disregard for the rules in one of the few countries that has consistently tried to stick to very regimented covid rules.
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