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The Oz government used some similar loophole (or threatened to use it) with the Djokovic covid saga at the Australian open. As I recall, a judge said that he co

The Oz government used some similar loophole (or threatened to use it) with the Djokovic covid saga at the Australian open. As I recall, a judge said that he could get a visa for whatever covid medical exemption reasons, but on his immigration form he said that he hadn't been travelling elsewhere. Social media proved otherwise, so he was caught in an easily provable lie on an immigration form. He was then able to be refused entry for reasons unreleated to the covid rules. In the end, they didn't have to rule on whether or not the Oz tennis association could issue a medical exemption for covid - they could kick him out on a much clearer legal basis. I don't recall the exact details, but that is the gist of some of the legal drama.

ipaddr 4y ago
All it did was reflect poorly on Australia.
- michaelt 4y ago
  Eh, I thought the fact rich celebrities were held to the same standards as us normal people reflected pretty well on Australia.
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    From the outside it seemed like lets go hard on this foreign player from an eastern European country no one cares about hurting relations with. He didn't get the vaccine and we are still trying to push lockdowns hard locally lets use this to score political points. I feel bad for him that he got caught up in local politics. I understand those normal people ate up the rich guy foreign ploy. What they missed was their rights were being trampled on while the rest of the world opened up and they were distracted by a fake booeyman.
    - dale_glass 4y ago
      You don't have any right to travel to a foreign country. You only get in if you convince them you won't be a troublesome guest.
- nobody9999 4y ago
  >All it did was reflect poorly on Australia I'm not Australian, but did follow the story with some interest as I do like professional tennis. I thought it reflected much more poorly on Djokovic than on Australia. They set the visa rules, Djokovic violated those rules (and not subtly either). It was too bad that he was unable to play at the AO last year, but that was (AFAIK) specifically due to his actions in violation of Australian law. Those actions being lying on visa forms. And he did so regarding something that could be easily checked and confirmed/debunked. Had he not lied, he probably would have gotten his visa.

ipaddr 4y ago

All it did was reflect poorly on Australia.

michaelt 4y ago
Eh, I thought the fact rich celebrities were held to the same standards as us normal people reflected pretty well on Australia.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  From the outside it seemed like lets go hard on this foreign player from an eastern European country no one cares about hurting relations with. He didn't get the vaccine and we are still trying to push lockdowns hard locally lets use this to score political points. I feel bad for him that he got caught up in local politics. I understand those normal people ate up the rich guy foreign ploy. What they missed was their rights were being trampled on while the rest of the world opened up and they were distracted by a fake booeyman.
  - dale_glass 4y ago
    You don't have any right to travel to a foreign country. You only get in if you convince them you won't be a troublesome guest.
nobody9999 4y ago
>All it did was reflect poorly on Australia I'm not Australian, but did follow the story with some interest as I do like professional tennis. I thought it reflected much more poorly on Djokovic than on Australia. They set the visa rules, Djokovic violated those rules (and not subtly either). It was too bad that he was unable to play at the AO last year, but that was (AFAIK) specifically due to his actions in violation of Australian law. Those actions being lying on visa forms. And he did so regarding something that could be easily checked and confirmed/debunked. Had he not lied, he probably would have gotten his visa.