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It's important to clarify. He was promised entry by the government then only had his visa cancelled on arrival after the political climate changed.

qayxc 5y ago
> He was promised entry by the government Clarification: It was Tennis Australia who told him he could play, not the Australian government.
- pomdapi 5y ago
  His medical file was reviewed by the governement's own Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) for COVID-19, and a state of Victoria medical review board set up to review such cases. He took two test before taking off from Belgrade, and then in Dubai. Then, based on that, the Australian embassy delivered a visa for his entry on Australian territory. That visa was then rescinded by a deputy assistant directly under the Minister of Foreign affairs after his plane from Dubai took off. So "the government" all the way, no Tennis Australia in sight.
  - sofixa 5y ago
    An advisory body and a state authority are not "the government" of a federal country like Australia.
    - pomdapi 5y ago
      Wait, you are saying that the ATAGI for COVID-19, which was set up directly under the Minister of Health as part of the Federal Department of Health to advise and adjucate on everything immunity and vaccination related, who has produced all the current stringent Australian Covid rules, is somehow NOT part of the federal government ? They have litterally made the rules, and are sometimes delegated to adjudicate on specific cases. Checking that would have taken you exactly 5 seconds. It's litterally on their web page header, but in their statutes as well.
      - sofixa 5y ago
        It's a part of it, but it's in the name, it's an "advisory" group.
        pomdapi 5y ago
- infamia 5y ago
  He was granted a visa to enter Australia, and then they suddenly canceled his visa. This stinks of politics. https://abcnews.go.com/International/djokovic-courts-controversy-tennis-star-granted-medical-exemption/story?id=82086762 https://abcnews.go.com/International/djokovic-courts-controv...
grujicd 5y ago
I might be a bit naive, but IMO if a country organizes an international sports event it should be held responsible to accept all qualified athletes. And if there is an official invitation, there should be no questions asked at the border. Either that, or don't organize event at all if you have some concerns. Leaving to individual athletes to navigate country's ever changing visa rules is not fair or realistic. Even lawyers on Australian law subredit couldn't tell for sure how judge will rule in Djokovic's case and which laws and statutes should be taken into account and which have precedence. This is not only about Djokovic. It's also about tennis players who received Sputnik vaccine and couldn't go to Australia Open. Yet we have numbers from few non-Russia countries which tell us it's in the similarly effective as other vaccines. Also, I'm not talking about tennis and Australia only, too many times athletes were stopped from competing because of politics and it never seems fair.

qayxc 5y ago

> He was promised entry by the government Clarification: It was Tennis Australia who told him he could play, not the Australian government.

pomdapi 5y ago
His medical file was reviewed by the governement's own Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) for COVID-19, and a state of Victoria medical review board set up to review such cases. He took two test before taking off from Belgrade, and then in Dubai. Then, based on that, the Australian embassy delivered a visa for his entry on Australian territory. That visa was then rescinded by a deputy assistant directly under the Minister of Foreign affairs after his plane from Dubai took off. So "the government" all the way, no Tennis Australia in sight.
- sofixa 5y ago
  An advisory body and a state authority are not "the government" of a federal country like Australia.
  - pomdapi 5y ago
    Wait, you are saying that the ATAGI for COVID-19, which was set up directly under the Minister of Health as part of the Federal Department of Health to advise and adjucate on everything immunity and vaccination related, who has produced all the current stringent Australian Covid rules, is somehow NOT part of the federal government ? They have litterally made the rules, and are sometimes delegated to adjudicate on specific cases. Checking that would have taken you exactly 5 seconds. It's litterally on their web page header, but in their statutes as well.
    - sofixa 5y ago
      It's a part of it, but it's in the name, it's an "advisory" group.
      - pomdapi 5y ago
infamia 5y ago
He was granted a visa to enter Australia, and then they suddenly canceled his visa. This stinks of politics. https://abcnews.go.com/International/djokovic-courts-controversy-tennis-star-granted-medical-exemption/story?id=82086762 https://abcnews.go.com/International/djokovic-courts-controv...

grujicd 5y ago

I might be a bit naive, but IMO if a country organizes an international sports event it should be held responsible to accept all qualified athletes. And if there is an official invitation, there should be no questions asked at the border. Either that, or don't organize event at all if you have some concerns. Leaving to individual athletes to navigate country's ever changing visa rules is not fair or realistic. Even lawyers on Australian law subredit couldn't tell for sure how judge will rule in Djokovic's case and which laws and statutes should be taken into account and which have precedence. This is not only about Djokovic. It's also about tennis players who received Sputnik vaccine and couldn't go to Australia Open. Yet we have numbers from few non-Russia countries which tell us it's in the similarly effective as other vaccines. Also, I'm not talking about tennis and Australia only, too many times athletes were stopped from competing because of politics and it never seems fair.