Albanese Government should let Djokovic play in 2023 Australian Open as some rules were align down… here’s full details
The Albanese Government must lift the three-year ban on Novak Djokovic entering Australia imposed earlier this year by the Morrison Government.
FORMER HOME AFFAIRS Minister Karen Andrews, who led the charge for Djokovic’s visa to be cancelled, says there is no reason for the ban to be lifted and that to do so would be a “slap in the face” of the Australian public.
Albanese Government should let Djokovic play in 2023 Australian Open as some rules were align down… here’s full details
This is Andrews trying to distract from the appalling way she handled the case.
The Djokovic saga began in November last year when the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) granted him and a number of other tennis players/officials who were in identical circumstances a visa to enter Australia.
DHA could have prevented the whole debacle by denying Djokovic a visa because he was not vaccinated and allegedly did not have a satisfactory medical exemption. There is more than sufficient authority in the health provisions of the Migration Act for that original visa application to have been refused.
Having granted the visa, DHA implicitly said Djokovic met the health provisions of the Migration Act. The answers DHA subsequently gave to Senate Estimates on this were completely misleading and designed to cover up the error in granting Djokovic a visa in the first place.
When Djokovic put out on social media that he had been given a visa and was coming to Australia, public furore broke out.
Scott Morrison’s initial response was to lay the blame on the Victorian Government for having granted Djokovic an exemption saying it was entirely a matter for the Victorian Government and that the Commonwealth accepts on face value any medical exemption granted by state governments.
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This was an accurate reflection of the Australian Government’s policy at the time. There had been a number of tennis players/officials who had been allowed entry at Australian airports based on state government medical exemptions.
But in the 24 hours before Djokovic landed, Morrison Government policy was transformed. Australian Border Force (ABF) officials would no longer accept state government exemptions at face value but would go behind these to determine if they were valid.
Djokovic was the first person to whom the new policy was applied. On arrival at Melbourne Airport, Djokovic was extensively questioned and his visa was cancelled because he was viewed as representing a public health risk. He was taken into immigration detention at a hotel in Melbourne that was being used to detain certain asylum seekers who had arrived by boat.
Albanese Government should let Djokovic play in 2023 Australian Open as some rules were align down… here’s full details
The Albanese Government must lift the three-year ban on Novak Djokovic entering Australia imposed earlier this year by the Morrison Government.
FORMER HOME AFFAIRS Minister Karen Andrews, who led the charge for Djokovic’s visa to be cancelled, says there is no reason for the ban to be lifted and that to do so would be a “slap in the face” of the Australian public.
Albanese Government should let Djokovic play in 2023 Australian Open as some rules were align down… here’s full details
This is Andrews trying to distract from the appalling way she handled the case.
The Djokovic saga began in November last year when the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) granted him and a number of other tennis players/officials who were in identical circumstances a visa to enter Australia.
DHA could have prevented the whole debacle by denying Djokovic a visa because he was not vaccinated and allegedly did not have a satisfactory medical exemption. There is more than sufficient authority in the health provisions of the Migration Act for that original visa application to have been refused.
Having granted the visa, DHA implicitly said Djokovic met the health provisions of the Migration Act. The answers DHA subsequently gave to Senate Estimates on this were completely misleading and designed to cover up the error in granting Djokovic a visa in the first place.
When Djokovic put out on social media that he had been given a visa and was coming to Australia, public furore broke out.
Scott Morrison’s initial response was to lay the blame on the Victorian Government for having granted Djokovic an exemption saying it was entirely a matter for the Victorian Government and that the Commonwealth accepts on face value any medical exemption granted by state governments.
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This was an accurate reflection of the Australian Government’s policy at the time. There had been a number of tennis players/officials who had been allowed entry at Australian airports based on state government medical exemptions.
But in the 24 hours before Djokovic landed, Morrison Government policy was transformed. Australian Border Force (ABF) officials would no longer accept state government exemptions at face value but would go behind these to determine if they were valid.
Djokovic was the first person to whom the new policy was applied. On arrival at Melbourne Airport, Djokovic was extensively questioned and his visa was cancelled because he was viewed as representing a public health risk. He was taken into immigration detention at a hotel in Melbourne that was being used to detain certain asylum seekers who had arrived by boat.
