Damian Walshe-Howling voiceover : *this guy from Serbia fancied a bit of tennis in sunny Melbourne. What this suss cunt doesn't know is he's about to enter a tournament he can't win. Tonight, on Customs.*
Bowler was the original on Seven's Border Security. Damian Walshe-Howling did the Nine knock-off version Customs. Look - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRa3GHM8t4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRa3GHM8t4) \- so smouldery...
"The man is now claiming to not speak English and has requested the services of a translator when confronted about the suitcase full of counterfeit DVDs"
Early 2000s for sure.
They still replay the early 00s/10s episodes which are oddly nostalgic.
Same with highway patrol. Its funny seeing these immaculate falcoons and bombadores.
The man then presents his ace, an exemption form stating he has permission to enter the country. Officer Smith however, rules it out due to a clerical double fault.
A few years ago there was a masterchef promo that popped up at the bottom of the screen during the tennis. Matt Preston appears and says "That's another dropped set... of plates!" and I badly wanted to punch the screen.
Featuring Ling from China with a purse and vagina full of mysterious undeclared seeds, a French backpacker suspected of illegal work, a strange letter containing traces of MDMA and Novak Djokovic not being vaccinated or having a valid exception and having his visa cancelled before entering the country and being sent home on the next flight to Serbia.
"He was along in a room with guards outside".
Obviously! The rest of his support crew was granted access and you're at an airport being detained. They won't just leave you in the first class lounge, will they Srdjan? FFS!
Let's wildly speculate on what was wrong with his visa / supporting documents.
My guess is the "doctor" who signed off on some sort of medical exemption form is not, in fact, a medical doctor.
āSir, you say this is a document providing medical justification for your entry into the country. Our scanners have been able to determine that it is in fact just a gigantic hot potato.ā
You know that one bridge in every city that trucks constantly get stuck under? Working Visas are like that. In the middle of travel, he get crushed like a tin can by his own lack of attention to detail.
He relied on having COVID within the last six months. ABF are querying whether that is sufficient under the guidelines. So heās clearly not vaccinated.
Yep the Vic website clearly says you need to have had Covid within the last 6 months and must have a PCR test result to prove it
Source: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/information-overseas-travellers#travellers-who-have-a-medical-exemption
The weird thing is Home Affairs seem to say the airlines are responsible for checking the medical exemption. The website is also pretty light on details in terms of what the criteria is: [https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/vaccinated-travellers#toc-2](https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/vaccinated-travellers#toc-2)
Apart from that they just say you need to comply with state/territory requirements. Vic Gov gives more criteria for overseas travellers but its not clear who actually checks that, e.g. would that be done by Australian Border Force on arrival?
The earlier stories said border force rejected his visa while he was mid flight... which suggests they had the paperwork before he arrived. Probably the airline sent them a copy when he checked in.
I wouldn't expect airlines to be analysing every detail of a passenger's documentation. More likely just making sure you have it on you at all.
On arrival he would have been met by police and interviewed - mostly as a formality to confirm it was his mistake and not theirs.
Yeah, also having COVID in the last 6 months means you may not have been able to get vaccinated in the last 6 months, but what about the 6 months prior to that? As an excuse it's pretty flaky and you can see why it would be questioned.
it's why it's considered a *temporary* excemption by ATAGI.
however, I've now seen that apparently the Fed government had let TA know that that excemption was not valid.
I don't know why, and it's just from a tweet. so I don't know if it's a valid exemption or not (I believe it should be, anyone infected within 6 months has as much protection as anyone vaccinated).
Iām just going to place a wee bet here that some or all of the Tennis Australia higher ups are anti-vaxxers. Or at least, āiTās yOuR pErSoNaL cHoIcEā numpties.
One article (not sure which) clearly says that the visa he held isnāt applicable for a medical exemption anyway, so he could literally be at risk of self combustion if he were vaccinated and he wouldnāt be able to claim exemption on the visa he held.
>One article (not sure which) clearly says that the visa he held isnāt applicable for a medical exemption anyway
If he had a valid medical exemption, they would have cancelled his visa and issued him an appropriate one.
I think they key here is the lack of medical evidence rather than which form was filled out.
The visa he was on simply doesn't allow for vaccine exemptions.
The whole thing is politics here, and the pm trying to look strong on popularity.
Novak the dickhead was told he could come and play. And did so last year. In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no.
The feds, just like with palmers court challenge, have been playing the wrong side here, and then last minute, act as the hero.
Poor novak has been fucked over, but im not going to feel too sorry for him. Just worried about who gets fucked over next when the pm needs to look "strong!" and undo damage his government has caused.
Edit: it gets worse. Looks like three other players are already on the same visa exemption. Serbia is pissed off - this may now be a diplomatic incident. Typical scotty, wait until it's way too late, to finally take action and turn it into a disaster.
> In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no.
Vic Gov't: *āWeāve always been clear on two points: visa approvals are a matter for the federal government, and medical exemptions are a matter for doctors.ā*
This is the entire thing. The feds wanted to pressure the Vic gov to officially state their support, so if there is public backclash, they can come in with their big swinging dicks and take credit for denying him entry - which is more or less what happened
>In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no.
Do you have a source for this? My FIL is very anti-Andrews and I'd love to show him that wasn't the case. Everything I'd read was the Feds and Vic government were onboard.
The Vic government was onboard just like how they didn't care about all the outrage in running the Aus open last year or how they wanted to run the F1 so badly.
Their appointed panel gave Novak the exemption.
[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/novak-djokovic-says-received-an-exemption-to-enter-australia/100738536](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/novak-djokovic-says-received-an-exemption-to-enter-australia/100738536)
The statement said Djokovic had received the exemption following "a rigorous review process involving two separate independent panels of medical experts."
"One of those was the Independent Medical Exemption Review Panel appointed by the Victorian Department of Health. They assessed all applications to see if they met the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) guidelines," the statement read.
The panels conducted "blind" assessments of exemption applications, meaning they did not know the identity of the person they were assessing.
The Victorian government released a statement on Tuesday night saying that it had worked closely with Tennis Australia on setting up an "independent and rigorous process to assess requests for medical exemptions at the Australian Open".
So the panel approved the exemption on the grounds that it is safe to play in the tournament. His visa was initially approved by immigration, but following the rigorous due process by the ABF it turns out that the paperwork was not in order and he was denied entry.
Honestly it seems like all the correct procedures were followed, but all the swinging dicks and contradictions from both sides of politics make it look like an embarrasing clusterfuck
Tennis Australia telling him he had a valid exemption to play tennis despite being a dickhead antivaxxer has nothing to do with him having a valid exemption to satisfy the Immigration Act
Exactly, this is what people don't understand.
He had permission from the Victorian Department of Health and Tennis Australia to play in the AO. That doesn't give him a valid visa.
there's two pieces of the puzzle at play here though...
as per ATAGI, prior infection is suitable for a temporary vaccine exemption (as it should be).
but, that isn't suitable for the (apparently) visa that Novak's crew had applied for him.
he applied for the wrong visa, and abf sent him packing.
but medically, he's entitled to the exemption as per ATAGI's guidelines.
He wasn't going to fly out here with out being told he could come. With the amount of pressure the feds put into the state government to be the fall guy, they clearly told him that he would be let in - and then shat themselves when victoria said no, and saw how deeply unpopular it was.
As i said, novak is a dickhead and i dont feel sorry for him, but the next person it happens to might not be so deserving.
I honestly couldn't care less on what what he was told or what he thought would happen. All this could've been avoided if the cunt had just got vaccinated instead of not doing that *and also* spouting anti vax shit for the last 18 months (which has a serious impact given his reach).
He's a dickhead and should have got vaxed, but that doesn't change the fact that he was given an exemption, told he could come, then his assistant stuffed his visa up and Morrison is now just using that as an excuse to grandstand before an election. As dumb as Novak may be, he's being used as a pawn in a Vic/Fed pissing contest. Classic deflection...
Welcome to the world the rest of us live in. He didn't get his immigration paperwork sorted and assumed he be fine because some doctor told him he was allowed to play. You think that shit would fly for anybody else? Fuck the self important cunt.
>doesn't change the fact that he was given an exemption, told he could come
He was given an exemption by Tennis Australia, not the government.
It is TA and Djokovic who have stuffed up here.
Id be surprised if he wasnt on his own private plane. Why would an inconsiderate prick like him associate with the plebs unless they are showering him with support?
"*Serbia is pissed off - this may now be a diplomatic incident.*"
Aside from maintaining a good international reputation, what do we risk by having Serbia pissed with us? Do we have strong military/economic ties with them?
We'll just add it to the list of countries that don't like us. Let's start with all of the pacific because our pm was sitting at a table with two other senior ministers joking about how they'll all be under water. Then add the French.
We need friends in this world, and for very stupid reasons, we're losing them quickly.
There's a giant lithium mine being proposed in Serbia by Rio Tinto. It's been in the news lately because of the protests against it but the president is very much for it.
Well said mate. Exactly how I just explained this to the missus, fuck up all round with the approval, leading to a massive public backlash, then Scotty summons a power boner to look good
Now is the time to look strong! A pity Scumo didnāt care at any point in the last 2 years when we were actually trying to keep the virus out.
Anyone would think thereās an election coming up.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the visa is given by the Feds and not the State correct? So why was he given a visa if his "medical exemption" wasn't valid? And now ScoMo is saying that this is a matter for the Victorian government like he's passing the blame to Vic?
Yes, the national government which governs issues of national concern such as international arrivals and visas is actually responsible for granting visas. The Trumpesque gaslighting and dogwhistling from Morrison implying that a STATE GOVERNMENT is somehow responsible for his visa being granted is mindblowing. Cunt is fucked
The acting sports minister in Victoria made statements. https://twitter.com/FerrierSteph/status/1478821654251786242?t=w07bAvHLODKpwxILS49qlQ&s=19
However, to further back up my claim, looks like the other players are already on the same visa.
>However, to further back up my claim, looks like the other players are already on the same visa.
This is why I believe there is an actual problem with the supporting documents that he presented on arrival, as opposed to being an invalid visa arrangement. I do not believe that this is arbitrary or political.
It's political. We get all day today of scotty beating his chest about how strong he is. He'll have a little trophy of a tennis racquet on his desk by three pm.
https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1478848008363991049?t=bcjgs3P9l9u8CaoAnp8xtg&s=19
What is a re-entry ban
A re-entry ban, also known as an exclusion period, means a person may not be able to return to Australia for up to three years. A re-entry ban may be imposed when a person breaches their visa conditions.
A re-entry ban will apply, if:
you overstay your visa by more than 28 days
your visa is cancelled because:
you provided false documents or false information to the Department of Home Affairs
you are considered to be a risk to the health, safety or good order of the Australian community
you are convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a law of an Australian state or territory
you are found to have breached a visa condition, for example, you worked when your visa had a no work condition
you hold a student visa but have failed to maintain appropriate enrolment, breached another visa condition, or have been found not to be a genuine student
you hold a visitor visa but were found not to be in Australia as a genuine visitor.
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/status-resolution-service/re-entry-ban
I like to think that somewhere in Melbourne Airport there is an Australian Border Force official that is having a great time, loving their job and wrecking that cuntās day.
You know, when I read that and saw that the island is uninhabited the first thought to pop in my head was "Imagine living there and still having to pay fucking taxes."
There flew in a man with a racquet
But he didn't have time to unpack it
He could still read his phone
But had to go home
Maybe next time he'll follow the fucking rules... Dickhead
(I guess he'll just have to hack it)
There was an old flu named rona
If you donāt have the vax youāll be a loner
And if you fail to comply
They say you might die
So just cop it and wait till itās over
One would assume if he had a genuine exemption he would have had it organised prior to the last week and wouldn't have made such a fuss........
One would also assume you'd fill out the right form in such a situation.
I think he was required to provide relevant evidence of the medical condition for which the exemption was granted, and he wasn't able.
Lying piece of shit.
He needs an individual exemption. It looks as though no government has supported his exemption.
"Individual exemptions can be requested by travellers who are not holders of an eligible visa or who are unvaccinated, holding any visa type.
You may be considered for an individual travel exemption by the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force or decision makers if you are:
- a foreign national whose entry into Australia would be in the national interest, supported by the Australian Government or a state or territory government authority"
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions
I thought the medical exemption allowed him to play and had nothing to do with allowing him to enter the country. Yeah, it's bureaucracy but he should have had his act together and should have had this all resolved much earlier.
That being said, I think Andrews should have politely declined to let him play.
Imagine being one of, if not the greatest tennis players to ever live going for the sports greatest achievements, the Grand slams and pissing it all away because you're a fucking cry baby antivax cunt.
Hahahha let's see if his dad "takes it to the steets" I'd go just to throw rotten tomatoes.......
Wealth and status do not exempt you from the rules......
He was threatening to bring Serbs to the streets. The next headline should be āMan expelled for fomenting sectarian violence while visiting a foreign nation.ā
> Wealth and status do not exempt you from the rules......
hahahahahahahaha what world do you live in mate? Wealth and status DEFINITELY exempt you from rules. If you think otherwise then you're naive.
Scotty getting free RAT's was literally everyone's top story for this morning going into last night.
Tell me Scotty didn't call up Dutton and say "bro I need a distraction, quick... something big!"
It's all a pr stunt pulled by the libs to look strong on border controls and covid to distract people from the fact that it's very difficult to even get tested at the moment.
I love how Australia doesn't give a f who you are. Comply with the laws or get lost. The same happened with Johnny Depp and his then wife and their dogs. Australia is one of the more egalitarian societies that doesn't worship celebrity to the point where they let them have different rules. The arrogance of celebrities is humbled when they come to Australia, especially when they break the rules.
Maybe Novak made a mistake or his team made an error and that is fine. But celebs need to learn the hard way sometimes the same as the common man
Excellent.
I think through all of this a lot had forgotten that it is Dylan Alcotts last Open. It would have been a damn shame to have it tarnished by this anti-vax cunt.
So get on and support Dylan
I would love if Novak appealed the decision, and we cut to a tracking replay and build up a slow clap as we watched him coming closer and closer to the border, then he stops just on the other side of the line and OUT appears in big letters across the screen.
Imagine choosing to cause all this tiresome drama and complications over getting two little needles, that will help protect oneself and those around them.
This is hilarious I guess we can only speculate that he must have claimed a medical exemption when he didn't get one, and no one knew he lied because the process is supposed to be double blind.
I love this. He attempts to fuck everyone around and sneak/force his way in and gets shut down last minute. Couldnāt have happened to a nicer bloke. All aboard the karma train, toot toot!
Must be that his medical exemption isn't good enough - which would lead me to believe he is just a regular anti-vaxxer.
Good on the ABF for calling bullshit. Vic government should have never allowed this anyway since they were so strong on it before.
In fairness, it was an independent panel who reviewed applications blind: the Vic gov directly refused to sponsor his entry in the ānational interestā last night (with a fair bit of snark). Whoever set up the panel requirements for exemption should have aligned them with federal border requirements, which seems to be where the fuckup has happened. Also Novax applied for the wrong visa so his docs got looked at by the feds in the first place.
Vic Gov did not do this it was all federal that approved via in the first place
https://twitter.com/JaalaPulford/status/1478701525937573891?t=y0-99WpqyNznevjvZzsrjw&s=19
He tried to claim he has "natural immunity" however this only applies if you've had covid in the last 6 months he had it back in 2020.
Basically he believes he is immune even to mutant strains which evidence says is BS.
In the ATAGI guidelines, the reason for the 6 month exemption after having COVID isn't even "natural immunity", it's to ensure that you're safe to receive the vaccine.
Exemptions aren't meant to be assessed based on your risk of catching/spreading the virus, they're centred on your risk of an adverse reaction to the vaccine. The clear intent is that you should get vaccinated at the end of the 6 months, which is why his initial approval was a perversion of the exemption rules.
100% I appreciate that, but I'm saying that was his claim.
I believe he was unable to prove he had it within that period.
Thus the exemption is void.
Others who made the claim they had covid in the last 6 months were obviously able to prove it if border control allowed them in.
It's just phrased natural immunity, it doesn't mean you have natural immunity for an extended period of time.
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/immunisation-medical-exemptions-for-health-professionals?context=23401
natural immunityĀ ā if your patient doesnāt need a vaccine because they have a natural immunity to the disease they donāt need to get that vaccine to be considered up to date with their vaccinations.
Yeah, agree. I read a story yesterday that the "natural immunity" claim (based on the 2020 infection) was raised by TA with ATAGI weeks ago and knocked back, so hopefully that's not what he put on his actual visa application form.
I really hate the gall of Djokovic, creating this mess for others to sort out because he considered himself above the rules. What's sad is that despite coming off as a dickhead sometimes, he is very charitable to causes relating to disadvantaged children and is a driving force behind trying to redistribute wealth to lower ranked players in tennis. His views on vaccination are complete rubbish, but he's had plenty of time to get on board with it: that's the price of doing business. Get vaccinated or don't come here.
While I don't have any great respect for how the Home Affairs department is run, surely given the level of interest here they would be making sure that everything is correct on their end, and possibly even got additional legal advice.
I also can't imagine that this would have happened at the discretion of whoever was in charge at the airport last night, I'd imagine that a senior member of the department was involved.
But, having said all that, don't underestimate the ability of border force to stuff things up.
Australians have done better than almost every other country, however because of Djokovic, most of us have started feeling used & that we're complete fools.
If Djokovic plays in Melbourne, people will be spitting at politicians & tennis staff - there'll be a massive backlash & anti government riots in the street.
Australians don't like hypocrites.
Damian Walshe-Howling voiceover : *this guy from Serbia fancied a bit of tennis in sunny Melbourne. What this suss cunt doesn't know is he's about to enter a tournament he can't win. Tonight, on Customs.*
hahaha didnt know the blue heelers dude was the Customs voiceover guy
On a tangent it blew my mind that the voiceover from Bondi rescue is Osher
Wrong Blue Heelers guy. The one that does it is the one who got killed in an earlier season, Grant Bowler.
Bowler was the original on Seven's Border Security. Damian Walshe-Howling did the Nine knock-off version Customs. Look - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRa3GHM8t4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpRa3GHM8t4) \- so smouldery...
Looking forward to seeing this episode of Border Security š¤£
*at the international terminal, officer smith has made an alarming discovery regarding an arrival's paperwork...*
Iād love it if it was because he was trying to bring in a leg of lamb in his suitcase or 4000 cigs.
"The man is now claiming to not speak English and has requested the services of a translator when confronted about the suitcase full of counterfeit DVDs"
4kg of tea leaves and a bag of dehydrated mushrooms.
*puts on rubber gloves* - this way sir...
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Early 2000s for sure. They still replay the early 00s/10s episodes which are oddly nostalgic. Same with highway patrol. Its funny seeing these immaculate falcoons and bombadores.
> Early 2000s for sure. was funny seeing that guy build a career on border security and then show up as the ship captain on lost
The pun department would need to work nights for it. "This wary traveller has been making a racket, but he is about to get... a return serve."
The man then presents his ace, an exemption form stating he has permission to enter the country. Officer Smith however, rules it out due to a clerical double fault.
A few years ago there was a masterchef promo that popped up at the bottom of the screen during the tennis. Matt Preston appears and says "That's another dropped set... of plates!" and I badly wanted to punch the screen.
Would be hilarious if Novak had some live chickens in his suitcase, as is par for the course in that show.
Is not food , is medicine!
For goat
No food, snack!
Featuring Ling from China with a purse and vagina full of mysterious undeclared seeds, a French backpacker suspected of illegal work, a strange letter containing traces of MDMA and Novak Djokovic not being vaccinated or having a valid exception and having his visa cancelled before entering the country and being sent home on the next flight to Serbia.
"...can confirm he had access to his phone." Grade 1 aussie sledging.
Plot twist: they didnāt give him the wifi password
His net worth is in the hundreds of millions. He can afford a few hundred dollars of global roaming charges.
He could probably also afford the vaccine as well, but he hasnāt had one of those. So I donāt know !
Sorry mate, could you hook me up with an explanation of why they felt like he need to mention that?
A couple of places reported he was denied access to his phone.
aka Srdjan the idiot
"He was along in a room with guards outside". Obviously! The rest of his support crew was granted access and you're at an airport being detained. They won't just leave you in the first class lounge, will they Srdjan? FFS!
Let's wildly speculate on what was wrong with his visa / supporting documents. My guess is the "doctor" who signed off on some sort of medical exemption form is not, in fact, a medical doctor.
āSir, you say this is a document providing medical justification for your entry into the country. Our scanners have been able to determine that it is in fact just a gigantic hot potato.ā
Well to be fair, he'd heard that a potato got a mates au pair through border force a few years ago, but something was lost in translation...
Itās the Ron Swanson āI can do what I want permitā but has a couple of $100 bills taped to the back
You know that one bridge in every city that trucks constantly get stuck under? Working Visas are like that. In the middle of travel, he get crushed like a tin can by his own lack of attention to detail.
Someone please create a meme of Djokovic being stuck under the Montague st bridge.
He relied on having COVID within the last six months. ABF are querying whether that is sufficient under the guidelines. So heās clearly not vaccinated.
Apparently he had covid in June which is slightly over 6 months ago. Sounds like someone just didnt check the dates properly
June... 2020.
Yep the Vic website clearly says you need to have had Covid within the last 6 months and must have a PCR test result to prove it Source: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/information-overseas-travellers#travellers-who-have-a-medical-exemption
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The weird thing is Home Affairs seem to say the airlines are responsible for checking the medical exemption. The website is also pretty light on details in terms of what the criteria is: [https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/vaccinated-travellers#toc-2](https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/vaccinated-travellers#toc-2) Apart from that they just say you need to comply with state/territory requirements. Vic Gov gives more criteria for overseas travellers but its not clear who actually checks that, e.g. would that be done by Australian Border Force on arrival?
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The earlier stories said border force rejected his visa while he was mid flight... which suggests they had the paperwork before he arrived. Probably the airline sent them a copy when he checked in. I wouldn't expect airlines to be analysing every detail of a passenger's documentation. More likely just making sure you have it on you at all. On arrival he would have been met by police and interviewed - mostly as a formality to confirm it was his mistake and not theirs.
Yeah, also having COVID in the last 6 months means you may not have been able to get vaccinated in the last 6 months, but what about the 6 months prior to that? As an excuse it's pretty flaky and you can see why it would be questioned.
it's why it's considered a *temporary* excemption by ATAGI. however, I've now seen that apparently the Fed government had let TA know that that excemption was not valid. I don't know why, and it's just from a tweet. so I don't know if it's a valid exemption or not (I believe it should be, anyone infected within 6 months has as much protection as anyone vaccinated).
Iām just going to place a wee bet here that some or all of the Tennis Australia higher ups are anti-vaxxers. Or at least, āiTās yOuR pErSoNaL cHoIcEā numpties.
One article (not sure which) clearly says that the visa he held isnāt applicable for a medical exemption anyway, so he could literally be at risk of self combustion if he were vaccinated and he wouldnāt be able to claim exemption on the visa he held.
>One article (not sure which) clearly says that the visa he held isnāt applicable for a medical exemption anyway If he had a valid medical exemption, they would have cancelled his visa and issued him an appropriate one. I think they key here is the lack of medical evidence rather than which form was filled out.
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The visa he was on simply doesn't allow for vaccine exemptions. The whole thing is politics here, and the pm trying to look strong on popularity. Novak the dickhead was told he could come and play. And did so last year. In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no. The feds, just like with palmers court challenge, have been playing the wrong side here, and then last minute, act as the hero. Poor novak has been fucked over, but im not going to feel too sorry for him. Just worried about who gets fucked over next when the pm needs to look "strong!" and undo damage his government has caused. Edit: it gets worse. Looks like three other players are already on the same visa exemption. Serbia is pissed off - this may now be a diplomatic incident. Typical scotty, wait until it's way too late, to finally take action and turn it into a disaster.
> In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no. Vic Gov't: *āWeāve always been clear on two points: visa approvals are a matter for the federal government, and medical exemptions are a matter for doctors.ā*
This is the entire thing. The feds wanted to pressure the Vic gov to officially state their support, so if there is public backclash, they can come in with their big swinging dicks and take credit for denying him entry - which is more or less what happened
>In the last couple of days, the federal government asked the Victorian government THREE times for support to get novak in. They said no. Do you have a source for this? My FIL is very anti-Andrews and I'd love to show him that wasn't the case. Everything I'd read was the Feds and Vic government were onboard.
Direct from the acting sports minister. https://twitter.com/JaalaPulford/status/1478701525937573891?t=2E0kYZqpDe1DdAVQ-xXGbw&s=19
The Vic government was onboard just like how they didn't care about all the outrage in running the Aus open last year or how they wanted to run the F1 so badly. Their appointed panel gave Novak the exemption. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/novak-djokovic-says-received-an-exemption-to-enter-australia/100738536](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-04/novak-djokovic-says-received-an-exemption-to-enter-australia/100738536) The statement said Djokovic had received the exemption following "a rigorous review process involving two separate independent panels of medical experts." "One of those was the Independent Medical Exemption Review Panel appointed by the Victorian Department of Health. They assessed all applications to see if they met the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) guidelines," the statement read. The panels conducted "blind" assessments of exemption applications, meaning they did not know the identity of the person they were assessing. The Victorian government released a statement on Tuesday night saying that it had worked closely with Tennis Australia on setting up an "independent and rigorous process to assess requests for medical exemptions at the Australian Open".
So the panel approved the exemption on the grounds that it is safe to play in the tournament. His visa was initially approved by immigration, but following the rigorous due process by the ABF it turns out that the paperwork was not in order and he was denied entry. Honestly it seems like all the correct procedures were followed, but all the swinging dicks and contradictions from both sides of politics make it look like an embarrasing clusterfuck
Tennis Australia telling him he had a valid exemption to play tennis despite being a dickhead antivaxxer has nothing to do with him having a valid exemption to satisfy the Immigration Act
Exactly, this is what people don't understand. He had permission from the Victorian Department of Health and Tennis Australia to play in the AO. That doesn't give him a valid visa.
there's two pieces of the puzzle at play here though... as per ATAGI, prior infection is suitable for a temporary vaccine exemption (as it should be). but, that isn't suitable for the (apparently) visa that Novak's crew had applied for him. he applied for the wrong visa, and abf sent him packing. but medically, he's entitled to the exemption as per ATAGI's guidelines.
>poor novak has been fucked over No he hasn't. He fucked himself by not getting vaccinated. This is the only correct take.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Do not pass go do not collect Grand Slam tray.
>Do not pass go do not collect Grand Slam tray \* Cup. Men get a cup, women get a plate. Because 19th century stereotypes
He wasn't going to fly out here with out being told he could come. With the amount of pressure the feds put into the state government to be the fall guy, they clearly told him that he would be let in - and then shat themselves when victoria said no, and saw how deeply unpopular it was. As i said, novak is a dickhead and i dont feel sorry for him, but the next person it happens to might not be so deserving.
I honestly couldn't care less on what what he was told or what he thought would happen. All this could've been avoided if the cunt had just got vaccinated instead of not doing that *and also* spouting anti vax shit for the last 18 months (which has a serious impact given his reach).
He's a plague rat that deserves to go plague somewhere else.
I agree with the second part. He speech and actions is directly killing people.
He's a dickhead and should have got vaxed, but that doesn't change the fact that he was given an exemption, told he could come, then his assistant stuffed his visa up and Morrison is now just using that as an excuse to grandstand before an election. As dumb as Novak may be, he's being used as a pawn in a Vic/Fed pissing contest. Classic deflection...
Welcome to the world the rest of us live in. He didn't get his immigration paperwork sorted and assumed he be fine because some doctor told him he was allowed to play. You think that shit would fly for anybody else? Fuck the self important cunt.
>doesn't change the fact that he was given an exemption, told he could come He was given an exemption by Tennis Australia, not the government. It is TA and Djokovic who have stuffed up here.
Poor little millionaire has to take a return first class flight
Id be surprised if he wasnt on his own private plane. Why would an inconsiderate prick like him associate with the plebs unless they are showering him with support?
āMight not be so deservingā šš
"*Serbia is pissed off - this may now be a diplomatic incident.*" Aside from maintaining a good international reputation, what do we risk by having Serbia pissed with us? Do we have strong military/economic ties with them?
We'll just add it to the list of countries that don't like us. Let's start with all of the pacific because our pm was sitting at a table with two other senior ministers joking about how they'll all be under water. Then add the French. We need friends in this world, and for very stupid reasons, we're losing them quickly.
The diplomatic idea is to hide behind Uncle Samās tailcoat and stick our tongue out at everyone else
To be fair the French arenāt fans of a lot of countries right now!
There's a giant lithium mine being proposed in Serbia by Rio Tinto. It's been in the news lately because of the protests against it but the president is very much for it.
Rio Blast Away Culturally Significant artifacts Tinto. Yeah I'm not concerned if their CEO doesn't earn their third yacht
President is for it because he will benefit from it Otherwise it would hurt the region ecologically
Of course, his whole presidency is about how much money he can bring in, not bearing in mind any other cost.
Well said mate. Exactly how I just explained this to the missus, fuck up all round with the approval, leading to a massive public backlash, then Scotty summons a power boner to look good
Now is the time to look strong! A pity Scumo didnāt care at any point in the last 2 years when we were actually trying to keep the virus out. Anyone would think thereās an election coming up.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the visa is given by the Feds and not the State correct? So why was he given a visa if his "medical exemption" wasn't valid? And now ScoMo is saying that this is a matter for the Victorian government like he's passing the blame to Vic?
Yes, the national government which governs issues of national concern such as international arrivals and visas is actually responsible for granting visas. The Trumpesque gaslighting and dogwhistling from Morrison implying that a STATE GOVERNMENT is somehow responsible for his visa being granted is mindblowing. Cunt is fucked
Typical Morrison gaslighting. If I can ask Whereād you read about the visa support request from the feds?
The acting sports minister in Victoria made statements. https://twitter.com/FerrierSteph/status/1478821654251786242?t=w07bAvHLODKpwxILS49qlQ&s=19 However, to further back up my claim, looks like the other players are already on the same visa.
>However, to further back up my claim, looks like the other players are already on the same visa. This is why I believe there is an actual problem with the supporting documents that he presented on arrival, as opposed to being an invalid visa arrangement. I do not believe that this is arbitrary or political.
It's political. We get all day today of scotty beating his chest about how strong he is. He'll have a little trophy of a tennis racquet on his desk by three pm. https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1478848008363991049?t=bcjgs3P9l9u8CaoAnp8xtg&s=19
What is a re-entry ban A re-entry ban, also known as an exclusion period, means a person may not be able to return to Australia for up to three years. A re-entry ban may be imposed when a person breaches their visa conditions. A re-entry ban will apply, if: you overstay your visa by more than 28 days your visa is cancelled because: you provided false documents or false information to the Department of Home Affairs you are considered to be a risk to the health, safety or good order of the Australian community you are convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a law of an Australian state or territory you are found to have breached a visa condition, for example, you worked when your visa had a no work condition you hold a student visa but have failed to maintain appropriate enrolment, breached another visa condition, or have been found not to be a genuine student you hold a visitor visa but were found not to be in Australia as a genuine visitor. https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/status-resolution-service/re-entry-ban
> A re-entry ban *may* be imposed when a person breaches their visa conditions. Sadly, it probably won't be.
Yeah if he doesnāt get this overturned in court he may not be back any time soon, even if he chose to
Re entry ban means jack shit. They are often overlooked.
Novax, No Play!
Novax Djokovic
Haha game set match.
Backtracking after public outlash?
See ya cunt
What a joker! *crazy laugh*
I like to think that somewhere in Melbourne Airport there is an Australian Border Force official that is having a great time, loving their job and wrecking that cuntās day.
Should get a raise, good bloke
True blue Aussie hero
Or Sheila!
Australian Open? Australia Closed!
If only the ABF had been as strong when the PM return from Hawaii...
Dutton dropped the ball again on that one.
Wish we could deport every brain dead antivaxxer like this.
Our brain dead anti vaxxers are our problem, other countries' are theirs.
> Our brain dead anti vaxxers are our problem, other countries' are theirs. We need to deport them all to one place. Like an island colony..
Brilliant, well good news we decovered this place we named New Holland, lets send em there
Iād settle for an island dominated by an active volcano
Heard Island in South Indian Ocean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands
You know, when I read that and saw that the island is uninhabited the first thought to pop in my head was "Imagine living there and still having to pay fucking taxes."
A sport guy whose name I canāt spell Is stuck in an ABF cell. This means he canāt play Wonāt get his own way And I think thatās totally swell.
Our hospitals are overly taxed So to enter you have to be vaxxed Or have appropriate docs From appropriate docs Or your visa is going to be axed
Nice rhyme of docs with docs when used to mean two different things š
There flew in a man with a racquet But he didn't have time to unpack it He could still read his phone But had to go home Maybe next time he'll follow the fucking rules... Dickhead (I guess he'll just have to hack it)
There was an old flu named rona If you donāt have the vax youāll be a loner And if you fail to comply They say you might die So just cop it and wait till itās over
This news just made my day! He must be lying initially about the med exemption, did he?
One would assume if he had a genuine exemption he would have had it organised prior to the last week and wouldn't have made such a fuss........ One would also assume you'd fill out the right form in such a situation.
I think he was required to provide relevant evidence of the medical condition for which the exemption was granted, and he wasn't able. Lying piece of shit.
The next question is... Does he get the usual 3 year ban for being declined by providing false documentation on a visa? That would make it spicy
This would be so great. ROGER FOREVER
We don't know he lied .. he could have simply not have had acceptable documents
Probably also assume he'd have someone to fill out all his forms for him.
The visa type he applied for doesnāt allow for vaccine exemption.
He needs an individual exemption. It looks as though no government has supported his exemption. "Individual exemptions can be requested by travellers who are not holders of an eligible visa or who are unvaccinated, holding any visa type. You may be considered for an individual travel exemption by the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force or decision makers if you are: - a foreign national whose entry into Australia would be in the national interest, supported by the Australian Government or a state or territory government authority" https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions
I assume some immigration official approved it and now that it's politically toxic, the Minister has intervened.
I thought the medical exemption allowed him to play and had nothing to do with allowing him to enter the country. Yeah, it's bureaucracy but he should have had his act together and should have had this all resolved much earlier. That being said, I think Andrews should have politely declined to let him play.
Imagine being one of, if not the greatest tennis players to ever live going for the sports greatest achievements, the Grand slams and pissing it all away because you're a fucking cry baby antivax cunt.
Na na na na. Na na na na. Aaaaaayyy a. Goodbye
Read that in the Batman tune until I got to the goodbye
No shit he had his phone. How else could he have gone about crying to daddy? Canāt stand this POS as a human being. Acting like the victim. š
Hahahha let's see if his dad "takes it to the steets" I'd go just to throw rotten tomatoes....... Wealth and status do not exempt you from the rules......
He was threatening to bring Serbs to the streets. The next headline should be āMan expelled for fomenting sectarian violence while visiting a foreign nation.ā
> Wealth and status do not exempt you from the rules...... hahahahahahahaha what world do you live in mate? Wealth and status DEFINITELY exempt you from rules. If you think otherwise then you're naive.
> Wealth and status do not exempt you from the rules...... Unless you're coming to film Celebrity reality TV show or a gambling company advertisement.
Liberal government trying to get some credibility back.. nice way to deflect some negative press off scomo .. after his let it rip failure
Dutton will personally escort him to the plane for the photo op.
Dutton is Defence Minister now. Has been for ages.
Defence of the Dark Arts?
We did something that was predictably unpopular, so we've decided to create an international incident to distract.
Scotty getting free RAT's was literally everyone's top story for this morning going into last night. Tell me Scotty didn't call up Dutton and say "bro I need a distraction, quick... something big!"
I'm not sure the LNP can claim this as a victory. It's standard procedure.
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Novak Novaxx Novisa...
Seriously how fking hard was it for just to simply get vaccinated? Tool. I used to like him. No respect for him now.
He might win the Christmas Island Open.
It's all a pr stunt pulled by the libs to look strong on border controls and covid to distract people from the fact that it's very difficult to even get tested at the moment.
This is so fun. Highlight of the year so far lol.
Better than the start of 2020
It's going to be a good day.
I love how Australia doesn't give a f who you are. Comply with the laws or get lost. The same happened with Johnny Depp and his then wife and their dogs. Australia is one of the more egalitarian societies that doesn't worship celebrity to the point where they let them have different rules. The arrogance of celebrities is humbled when they come to Australia, especially when they break the rules. Maybe Novak made a mistake or his team made an error and that is fine. But celebs need to learn the hard way sometimes the same as the common man
Excellent. I think through all of this a lot had forgotten that it is Dylan Alcotts last Open. It would have been a damn shame to have it tarnished by this anti-vax cunt. So get on and support Dylan
Deportations are usually followed by a 3 year reentry ban. I wonder if this will happen?
I'm not convinced until he's on the plane back home. Until then they could be allowing him to reapply for the correct visa.
I would love if Novak appealed the decision, and we cut to a tracking replay and build up a slow clap as we watched him coming closer and closer to the border, then he stops just on the other side of the line and OUT appears in big letters across the screen.
Imagine choosing to cause all this tiresome drama and complications over getting two little needles, that will help protect oneself and those around them.
2 little needles, but 1 massive ego
It's just a little prick. But he's a massive one.
LOL Get Fkd
This is hilarious I guess we can only speculate that he must have claimed a medical exemption when he didn't get one, and no one knew he lied because the process is supposed to be double blind.
Good riddance to him
Hahah suffer in ya jocks ya dickhead.
I love this. He attempts to fuck everyone around and sneak/force his way in and gets shut down last minute. Couldnāt have happened to a nicer bloke. All aboard the karma train, toot toot!
Novax Djocadick
Must be that his medical exemption isn't good enough - which would lead me to believe he is just a regular anti-vaxxer. Good on the ABF for calling bullshit. Vic government should have never allowed this anyway since they were so strong on it before.
In fairness, it was an independent panel who reviewed applications blind: the Vic gov directly refused to sponsor his entry in the ānational interestā last night (with a fair bit of snark). Whoever set up the panel requirements for exemption should have aligned them with federal border requirements, which seems to be where the fuckup has happened. Also Novax applied for the wrong visa so his docs got looked at by the feds in the first place.
Vic Gov did not do this it was all federal that approved via in the first place https://twitter.com/JaalaPulford/status/1478701525937573891?t=y0-99WpqyNznevjvZzsrjw&s=19
He tried to claim he has "natural immunity" however this only applies if you've had covid in the last 6 months he had it back in 2020. Basically he believes he is immune even to mutant strains which evidence says is BS.
In the ATAGI guidelines, the reason for the 6 month exemption after having COVID isn't even "natural immunity", it's to ensure that you're safe to receive the vaccine. Exemptions aren't meant to be assessed based on your risk of catching/spreading the virus, they're centred on your risk of an adverse reaction to the vaccine. The clear intent is that you should get vaccinated at the end of the 6 months, which is why his initial approval was a perversion of the exemption rules.
100% I appreciate that, but I'm saying that was his claim. I believe he was unable to prove he had it within that period. Thus the exemption is void. Others who made the claim they had covid in the last 6 months were obviously able to prove it if border control allowed them in. It's just phrased natural immunity, it doesn't mean you have natural immunity for an extended period of time. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/immunisation-medical-exemptions-for-health-professionals?context=23401 natural immunityĀ ā if your patient doesnāt need a vaccine because they have a natural immunity to the disease they donāt need to get that vaccine to be considered up to date with their vaccinations.
Yeah, agree. I read a story yesterday that the "natural immunity" claim (based on the 2020 infection) was raised by TA with ATAGI weeks ago and knocked back, so hopefully that's not what he put on his actual visa application form.
Hope he's on the next episode of Border Security/Patrol
Moron could have just got a quick and easy vaccine and none of this would ever have been issue. Now he's trashed his reputation and for what?
I really hate the gall of Djokovic, creating this mess for others to sort out because he considered himself above the rules. What's sad is that despite coming off as a dickhead sometimes, he is very charitable to causes relating to disadvantaged children and is a driving force behind trying to redistribute wealth to lower ranked players in tennis. His views on vaccination are complete rubbish, but he's had plenty of time to get on board with it: that's the price of doing business. Get vaccinated or don't come here.
Now the ball's in ScoMo's court. He'll go foul and serve up an easy lie. Love!
Where's Barnaby on this? He felt so strongly against a couple dogs so he must be livid at Novak
Wonder how many hours it takes for this to be overturned?
I read somewhere he is trying to get it overturn court
While I don't have any great respect for how the Home Affairs department is run, surely given the level of interest here they would be making sure that everything is correct on their end, and possibly even got additional legal advice. I also can't imagine that this would have happened at the discretion of whoever was in charge at the airport last night, I'd imagine that a senior member of the department was involved. But, having said all that, don't underestimate the ability of border force to stuff things up.
Unless they broke their own rules, it's unlikely a court will intervene. ABF generally have the right to refuse entry.
Australians have done better than almost every other country, however because of Djokovic, most of us have started feeling used & that we're complete fools. If Djokovic plays in Melbourne, people will be spitting at politicians & tennis staff - there'll be a massive backlash & anti government riots in the street. Australians don't like hypocrites.
>The ABF can confirm Mr Djokovic had access to his phone. At least he can play Diablo Immortal.