COVID-19 and Tennis

[Quickstatus]

Does that mean the costs awarded to him in Friday’s original hearing are reversed too ?

No. The original decision in Fed Circuit court was not appealed.

Perhaps they will shake hands and call it even stevens

 

[TheRealTMA]

There are significant benefits.
While the issue of sovereignty is important, international relations are also important. Australia has a significant migrant population from Central Europe and it is important to be seen in a positive light

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Irrelevant in this case IMHO. I would have thought our international relations with major trading partners such as China were more important, Serbia is very modest.

DFAT.

• Serbian visitors to Australia (2018) – 2,900
• Australian visitors to Serbia (2018) – 16,200
• Resident Australian population born in Serbia (2016 census) – 20,024
• Australian residents claiming Serbian ancestry (2016 census) – 73,901
• Serbian students in Australia (2017) – 131

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Does that mean the costs awarded to him in Friday’s original hearing are reversed too ?

No. If you talking about the Border Force procedures bungle case. Separate process.

 

[RooFlyer]

With the Full Federal Court having rolled out the judicial red carpet by accommodating an urgent weekend hearing, I would be astonished if there is no decision before play starts tomorrow, even if the reasons come out later.

@Anna can you recall other cases that have been brought onto the Full Court with such urgency and/or on a weekend?

Also, it looks like the Judge's brief comments meant that they only had to decide if the Minister was entitled to make his decision (ie he had the power, and exercised it in the correct way), rather than the merits of the Minister's decision. Does that sound right? If so, most of Djokovic's lawyers arguments (as reported) seem irrelevant?

 

[Quickstatus]

Australia-Serbia relations 0-1
Australia-Spain relations 1-0

 

[TheRealTMA]

@Anna can you recall other cases that have been brought onto the Full Court with such urgency and/or on a weekend?

Good to see judges working on a weekend!

Are the costs of the Full Bench on a weekend higher than normal?

 

[RooFlyer]

Australia-Serbia relations 0-1
Australia-Spain relations 1-0

Australia-France relations?

 

[Quickstatus]

Serbia is very modest.

Lest Australia thinks it is more important than it really is on the world stafge

 

[DC3]

Some of these news services are hopeless. The Ch 7 news tonight has reported that the decision has been made in “ … the Nation’s highest court …”.

 

[Quickstatus]

Australia-France relations

That is going to be very difficult.

BTW:
French Tennis player tests positive to Covid 250 times

 

[Hvr]

If NoVax gets to airport now he will be able to catch EK409 which departs at 2230

Seat 2F is available.

ABC news has reported that Novak is flying out tonight to DXB. I wonder if he got seat 2F or wants a window?

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Is he banned for three years too?

Technically yes, but I would say that the Govt could send out an olive branch and not impose it.

OK, can someone tell Chairman Dan he can come out from hiding…

It’s sad really, there will need to be reflection by all concerned - governments, tennis australia, sports people. No one is coming out of this with clean hands

If Djokovic gets a 3 year ban, then that would most likely be the fairest result.

It seems pretty clear what was Australia's policy in relation to tennis players entering Australia to play the Australian Open 2022. Other players got the vaccination just to play this tournament.

Djokovic on the other hand openly defied when he decided to try and enter. With no sign of voluntarily leaving, the full force of the law should be the consequences.

This will probably also need to be declared on other visa applications for other countries "have you been denied entry or visa cancelled in relation to any other country?"

 

[Quickstatus]

It seems pretty clear

Though some are saying that there was a rule change for the border between Jan 5 and 6. I have not verified that.

need to be declared

There needs to be a change to the electronic travel authorisation to Australia (the visa that everyone talks about but it is not the visa)
If not double vaxxed - need to apply for visa at the nearest embassy and the electronic authorisation cannot be used

 

[DC3]

Some of our pollies may now be able to come out from under their doonas over this.

 

[Anna]

@RooFlyer no and yes

 

[love_the_life]

What is the benefit of that to Australia? We dont need to extend a peace offering, Novak is the one who has done the wrong thing. He should apologise for all the lies, do the exclusion time and get himself vaccinated.

Why should he be vaccinated if he doesn't want to? It is not mandatory and I know Australians who have chosen not to. Personally I don't agree with them but that is their call. The issue was that a visa was approved - if he wasn't vaccinated and came in early he could have quarantined but his visa was on the grounds of prior COVID.
No one is blameless here - she should have taken responsibility to check the visa answers and not rely on a staff member (the buck stops with him) but TA and Vic giving him a medical exemption is a bit poor (when noted in the rules that had to be vaxxed) and Au Govt have seen this as a bit of a Tampa moment. The assertion that he will stir up anti vax sentiment is just ludicrous, He is now a martyr to their cause,

 

[RooFlyer]

@RooFlyer no and yes

Thanks; I took silk in Bush-Lawyering years ago and I really wondered about what I was reading on the arguments of Djokovic's barristers. I told 'em they're dreaming ...

 

[prozac]

Irrelevant in this case IMHO. I would have thought our international relations with major trading partners such as China were more important, Serbia is very modest.

DFAT.

• Serbian visitors to Australia (2018) – 2,900
• Australian visitors to Serbia (2018) – 16,200
• Resident Australian population born in Serbia (2016 census) – 20,024
• Australian residents claiming Serbian ancestry (2016 census) – 73,901
• Serbian students in Australia (2017) – 131

Serbia means little to Australia. If you removed the Australian pension benefits from Australian Serbians now living back in Serbia the economy would probably collapse.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Some of our pollies may now be able to come out from under their doonas over this.

Maybe our PM will get the gig to present the trophy to the men's singles winner

 

[tgh]

The games of the seriously rich… how much did he splurge on what was really a personal ego trip ?