Somewhat. If he had kept his exemption status private and had the appropriate documentation to support it there is a good chance he could have entered the count

Somewhat. If he had kept his exemption status private and had the appropriate documentation to support it there is a good chance he could have entered the country without fanfare. I think the problem stems from the fact that a) that documentation wasn't up to the level expected at entry and b) he and his associates made a big deal about his vaccination status, thus making it impossible for the government to make a special exemption - atleast without the support of the Victorian state government which had already made it abundantly clear the price of such endorsement was being fully vaccinated.