Eednud Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Live updates 3m ago3 minutes ago By Jordan Hayne So what does this mean? OK so that's the news we've been waiting all day to hear. As Chief Justice James Allsop outlined before announcing the decision, the court's job was simply to consider whether the decision made by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke was lawful, irrational or legally unreasonable. The court found the grounds outlined by Novak Djokovic's lawyers failed to demonstrate that. It means he'll be deported from Australia, will be unable to compete in the Australian Open and may face a ban on entry to Australia of up to three years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Out of challenges 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Silly c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Bye Novak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, welshbairn said: Judges have retired to consider their verdict and are hoping to deliver it in the next few hours. The impression I got from the arguments is that Novak will be on the 22.30 Emirates flight to Dubai (local time) and will spend a few days in the Burj Al Arab to get over his Travelodge style torture. N.B. Quote I will now be taking some time to rest and to recuperate, before making any further comments beyond this. Edited January 16, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Apparently he could have avoided the whole mess by just quarantining for 2 weeks on arrival in Australia like other unvaccinated people. He didn't want to do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Apparently he could have avoided the whole mess by just quarantining for 2 weeks on arrival in Australia like other unvaccinated people. He didn't want to do that. Thinks he’s better than everybody else. An absolute helmet of an individual 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) The mixed messaging he got from the Australian authorities were to blame too, especially Tennis Australia telling him he could get in if he could prove he'd caught Covid. Meanwhile Lucky Loser 150th-ranked Salvatore Caruso assumes No 1 seeding slot. Edited January 16, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, welshbairn said: The mixed messaging he got from the Australian authorities were to blame too, especially Tennis Australia telling him he could get in if he could prove he'd caught Covid. Meanwhile Lucky Loser 150th-ranked Salvatore Caruso assumes No 1 seeding slot. It certainly opens the men’s tournament up cos let’s be honest, Djokovic would have walked it without even breaking sweat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Tennis Australia need to have a good look at themselves.. shouting and bawling after the initial detention that this will let Tennis's governing body take the Open grand slam status away from Australia, a shower of ineptitudes worried about losing their no doubt, high salaries. I assume the 3 year ban on returning goes with the deportation.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Tennis Australia need to have a good look at themselves.. shouting and bawling after the initial detention that this will let Tennis's governing body take the Open grand slam status away from Australia, a shower of ineptitudes worried about losing their no doubt, high salaries. I assume the 3 year ban on returning goes with the deportation.... There hasn't been any word on any future denial of entry to Australia but I heard Russell Fuller talking earlier saying that the next tournament he was due to play was Indian Wells and that California has similarly tight entry rules 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 There hasn't been any word on any future denial of entry to Australia but I heard Russell Fuller talking earlier saying that the next tournament he was due to play was Indian Wells and that California has similarly tight entry rulesIf that's the case, just don't let him in in first place. Whole thing has been a political farce 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, jaggyness said: 44 minutes ago, Bob in Denny said: Tennis Australia need to have a good look at themselves.. shouting and bawling after the initial detention that this will let Tennis's governing body take the Open grand slam status away from Australia, a shower of ineptitudes worried about losing their no doubt, high salaries. I assume the 3 year ban on returning goes with the deportation.... There hasn't been any word on any future denial of entry to Australia but I heard Russell Fuller talking earlier saying that the next tournament he was due to play was Indian Wells and that California has similarly tight entry rules He's got an automatic 3 year ban that goes along with having his visa cancelled. He can appeal it on compassionate grounds or special circumstances. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Bob in Denny said: Tennis Australia need to have a good look at themselves.. shouting and bawling after the initial detention that this will let Tennis's governing body take the Open grand slam status away from Australia, a shower of ineptitudes worried about losing their no doubt, high salaries. I assume the 3 year ban on returning goes with the deportation.... All of this will blow over, the AO will be brilliant (as always) and what government doesn't get ridiculed every day for something or other. Unfortunately for Djokovic, the stench left on him, will last a little longer (but it will fade). Everything about his story reeks of dishonesty! In my mind; He 'conveniently' tests positive (but no social media announcement). I don't know about you, but generally I take a lateral flow test for a reason (usually because I'm going to be mixing with other people). So... I take the test, look at the result and go out to the event, pub etc (assuming test is negative). That's not what Nole does, he takes a test for no apparent reason, doesn't bother about finding out the result, and goes out to a social event. He then finds out that he's in fact positive, and does another social event because, you know... some of the time he'll be wearing a mask! He also jets about to foreign countries whilst possibly still infectious (and it would appear in breach of those nations covid requirements)! Of course this combination of testing positive and travelling to other countries may have alerted Aussie authorities to an issue with the authenticity of the Covid test, but... because his agent accidentally didn't declare any such travel, those pesky questions could be avoided. This is coming from me! I'm a Djokovic fan, but even I think this is a self-inflicted clvsterfvk. Yours, anyone but Nadal (who by all accounts is a lovely individual) aDONis Edited January 16, 2022 by aDONisSheep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 There's Novak! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Tennis Australia need to have a good look at themselves.. shouting and bawling after the initial detention that this will let Tennis's governing body take the Open grand slam status away from Australia, a shower of ineptitudes worried about losing their no doubt, high salaries. I assume the 3 year ban on returning goes with the deportation.... It was clear from the info available online (and posted on this thread) that Tennis Australia were told way back in November that a prior Covid positive test result would not exempt unvaccinated players from doing the 14 day mandatory quarantine, yet somehow they managed to balls up passing that message clearly on to the players. Somebody there should either be resigning or be handed their jotters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, aDONisSheep said: In my mind; He 'conveniently' tests positive (but no social media announcement). I don't know about you, but generally I take a lateral flow test for a reason (usually because I'm going to be mixing with other people). So... I take the test, look at the result and go out to the event, pub etc (assuming test is negative). That's not what Nole does, he takes a test for no apparent reason, doesn't bother about finding out the result, and goes out to a social event. He then finds out that he's in fact positive, and does another social event because, you know... some of the time he'll be wearing a mask! He also jets about to foreign countries whilst possibly still infectious (and it would appear in breach of those nations covid requirements)! Of course this combination of testing positive and travelling to other countries may have alerted Aussie authorities to an issue with the authenticity of the Covid test, but... because his agent accidentally didn't declare any such travel, those pesky questions could be avoided. Not quite, on the 16th he says he took an LFT (negative) and then a PCR, the result of which came back at 8pm according to the documents - though we don't actually know for sure when Novak received the result. On the 17th he did another LFT (negative) before visiting the kids. But he was at a basketball game on the 14th with some people who tested positive, so with that in mind he should've cancelled everything whilst awaiting his PCR result. He got himself in a right pickle though with the interview on the 18th, where there were no questions allowed about AO or vaccination etc. - he couldn't say he was medically exempt from having Covid because the next question would be when did you get it! Edited January 16, 2022 by Ginaro 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: He's got an automatic 3 year ban that goes along with having his visa cancelled. He can appeal it on compassionate grounds or special circumstances. One of the special circumstances is that allowing him in would be in Australia's interests, so assuming he either gets vaccinated or it's no longer a requirement, I doubt it will be an issue next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, aDONisSheep said: All of this will blow over, the AO will be brilliant (as always) and what government doesn't get ridiculed every day for something or other. Unfortunately for Djokovic, the stench left on him, will last a little longer (but it will fade). Everything about his story reeks of dishonesty! In my mind; He 'conveniently' tests positive (but no social media announcement). I don't know about you, but generally I take a lateral flow test for a reason (usually because I'm going to be mixing with other people). So... I take the test, look at the result and go out to the event, pub etc (assuming test is negative). That's not what Nole does, he takes a test for no apparent reason, doesn't bother about finding out the result, and goes out to a social event. He then finds out that he's in fact positive, and does another social event because, you know... some of the time he'll be wearing a mask! He also jets about to foreign countries whilst possibly still infectious (and it would appear in breach of those nations covid requirements)! Of course this combination of testing positive and travelling to other countries may have alerted Aussie authorities to an issue with the authenticity of the Covid test, but... because his agent accidentally didn't declare any such travel, those pesky questions could be avoided. This is coming from me! I'm a Djokovic fan, but even I think this is a self-inflicted clvsterfvk. Yours, anyone but Nadal (who by all accounts is a lovely individual) aDONis Mrs BID is the tennis nut in this house... I've always tried to think the better of him in the past but after this, nah. The agent allegedly made the errors, I'm sure if it was me, he'd be punted.. (IF....) The thing that amazes me is the fact if you previously had covid, you then could get an exemption? Cue the pasting table coming out for the family press conferences, reminds me of good old Baghdad Bob.. as for your other mention, I have my own thoughts on Rafa.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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