{"id":1216425,"date":"2022-01-14T12:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216425"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:50:05","slug":"lawyers-australia-wants-to-deport-novak-djokovic-fearing-he-may-excite-anti-vax-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-australia-wants-to-deport-novak-djokovic-fearing-he-may-excite-anti-vax-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers: Australia Wants to Deport Novak Djokovic, Fearing He May &#039;Excite Anti-Vax Sentiment&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flawyers-australia-wants-to-deport-novak-djokovic-fearing-he-may-excite-anti-vax-sentiment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Attorneys representing Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic revealed during a hearing Friday that Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke chose to revoke Djokovic\u2019s visa out of fear that his presence in the country would \u201cexcite anti-vax sentiment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawke announced on Friday afternoon \u2013 leaving minimal time for a judicial rebuttal \u2013 that he would exercise his personal power to expel Djokovic from the country after a judge ruled on Monday that he could remain. Djokovic attempted to travel to Melbourne last week to participate in the Australian Open, one of four tennis Grand Slam tournaments. Prior to his departure, the tennis player posted an update on social media claiming he had overcome Australia\u2019s coronavirus vaccine requirement by receiving a medical exemption, but upon arriving, Border Force detained him and invalidated his visa. Djokovic spent the weekend in a migrant detention facility before a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/10\/australian-police-tear-gas-pro-djokovic-crowd-after-legal-win\/\">invalidated<\/a> his detention Monday and ruled that he could stay in the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Djokovic trained and posted updates online from the Australian Open during the three days that he was legally in Australia before Hawke moved to deport him. Australian Open administrators granted Djokovic the top ranking in the men\u2019s singles tournament; he has won the Australian Open more than any other player and currently holds the top ranking in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open is scheduled to begin Monday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m pleased and grateful that the Judge overturned my visa cancellation. Despite all that has happened,I want to stay and try to compete <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AustralianOpen<\/a> <br \/>I remain focused on that. I flew here to play at one of the most important events we have in front of the amazing fans. \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJVbMfQ037\">pic.twitter.com\/iJVbMfQ037<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole\/status\/1480529173789696001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s attorneys have moved to challenge the new deportation order, bringing the case back to the same judge. There, reporters on the scene relayed, defense attorney Nicholas Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-visa-saga-live-updates-immigration-minister-still-yet-to-make-decision-as-serbian-tennis-star-s-2022-australian-open-campaign-remains-in-limbo-20220114-p59o7i.html\">asserted<\/a> that Hawke based his decision to deport Djokovic on the grounds that his presence in Australia after openly asserting that he had not consumed a Chinese coronavirus vaccine product would agitate \u201canti-vax\u201d sentiments in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Wood contended that deporting Djokovic may do more to agitate anti-vaccine mandate voices in Australia than letting him stay, making Hawke\u2019s alleged logic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-01-14\/novak-djokovic-visa-cancellation-decision-immigration-minister\/100748386\">patently irrational<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no rational basis to say the decision he makes is up to generate a greater amount of anti-vax sentiment that he is seeking to minimise,\u201d Australia\u2019s the<em> Age<\/em> quoted Wood as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s ABC News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-01-14\/novak-djokovic-visa-cancellation-decision-immigration-minister\/100748386\">quoted<\/a> Wood also contending that the allegation that Djokovic\u2019s personal opinions were a threat to the country was also \u201cin stark contrast to the reasons that the [Australian Border Force] delegate at the airport was saying.\u201d Djokovic\u2019s initial detention was a result, according to the government, of the tennis champion presenting insufficient legal paperwork to prove a legitimate medical exemption from the vaccine requirement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nick Wood says that&#8217;s not relevant because the Minister says he made his decision assuming that Djokovic ticked all the right boxes.<\/p>\n<p>He says the minister took a &#8220;radically different&#8221; approach to the decision, basing it on the prospect Djokovic would &#8220;excite anti-vax sentiment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karen Sweeney (@karenlsweeney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karenlsweeney\/status\/1481942430287273990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020, Djokovic made public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/29069582\/novak-djokovic-says-keeping-open-mind-covid-19-vaccination\">statements<\/a> declaring that he was \u201copposed to vaccination,\u201d but he has not since repeated that opinion publicly. Instead, Djokovic has shifted towards calling vaccination a personal decision that governments do not have a right to force upon their citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/13\/novak-djokovics-australia-visa-canceled-again-launches-immediate-appeal\/\">statement<\/a> from Hawke did not mention any fears of what Djokovic\u2019s presence in Australia could do to public opinion. Hawke simply stated that it \u201cwas in the public interest\u201d for Djokovic not to be in Australia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis decision followed orders by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 10 January 2022, quashing a prior cancellation decision on procedural fairness grounds. In making this decision,\u201d Hawke stated, \u201cI carefully considered information provided to me by the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Mr Djokovic.\u201d He added, \u201cThe Morrison Government is firmly committed to protecting Australia\u2019s borders, particularly in relation to the [Chinese coronavirus] pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Scott Morrison, facing a difficult election this year, in part due to authoritarian coronavirus lockdown policies throughout his tenure,&nbsp;claimed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBrownAU\/status\/1481897713218498564\/photo\/1\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;Monday that the deportation order was made \u201con health and good order grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14326627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Morrison-finger-pointed-teeth-clenched-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14326627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Morrison-finger-pointed-teeth-clenched-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives on September 16, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. Gladys Liu is under scrutiny over her association with bodies linked to the Chinese government. Liu confirmed on Wednesday that she was an honorary member of the Guangdong provincial chapter of the China Overseas Exchange Association between 2003 and 2015. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Tracey Nearmy\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAustralians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected,\u201d Morrison asserted.&nbsp;\u201cThis is what the Minister is doing in taking this action today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Notably absent from the current proceedings are new developments that surfaced in the days after Djokovic won his right to stay in the country. Djokovic reportedly claimed to have tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus on December 16 but attended public events \u2013 including one with children \u2013 on the day he allegedly tested positive for the contagious disease. Reports also indicated that Djokovic had claimed in paperwork to the Australian government that he had not traveled to any third countries before his flight to Melbourne from Spain, but social media posts showed him in Belgrade, Serbia, in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>The German magazine&nbsp;<em>Der Spiegel&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/01\/12\/der-spiegel-suggests-novak-djokovic-faked-positive-coronavirus-test-to-avoid-vaccine\/\">added<\/a> to the controversy by revealing that attempts to pull up Djokovic\u2019s alleged positive test in the Serbian government\u2019s online database reportedly pulled up a negative test and that the numbers for Djokovic\u2019s positive and negative tests \u2013 the latter used to prove to Australian officials Djokovic was no longer contagious \u2013 were inconsistent, suggesting the positive test was filed into the Serbian database before the negative one was.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic addressed the situation following the reports, admitting to false assertions in the Australian documents but blaming his agents for filling out a form incorrectly. Djokovic claimed he did not yet know the results of his PCR test before meeting with the children on December 16 but that he did know he tested positive for coronavirus before meeting with a French journalist from the magazine&nbsp;<em>L\u2019Equipe<\/em>. He did not apologize for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Australian officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-01-14\/two-more-tennis-players-depart-australia\/100756828\">allowed<\/a> at least three other professional tennis players into the country under the same medical exemption Djokovic received but has since deported them in light of the current scandal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642161379644000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KsJGEDN0dCYru1Q_YIpQN\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642161379644000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1u99D4zr-gWL5JBrs4FGTt\">Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys representing Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic revealed during a hearing Friday that Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke chose to revoke Djokovic\u2019s visa out of fear that his presence in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}