{"id":280057,"date":"2022-01-19T21:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=280057"},"modified":"2022-01-19T21:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:44:28","slug":"commentary-novac-djokovic-deported-from-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/commentary-novac-djokovic-deported-from-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Novac Djokovic deported from Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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34- year old Famous Serbian tennis Player Novac Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday because of his vaccination status.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He was not allowed to stay in the country to participate in the Australian open tennis tournament due to being unvaccinated and was stopped at the border. He had his Visa canceled, was detained and went to federal court where the matter was overturned.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Dominican\/Australian Lawyer\u00a0Cabral<\/span>\u00a0Douglas<\/span> said the Djokovic case brought drama surrounding Covid-19 restrictions and vaccinations in the country after \u201cthe number one tennis player in the world\u201d was allowed into the country.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

He said Australians saw this as a \u201cslap in the face\u201d because of the fact that Australians were asked to \u201cbite the bullet\u201d by taking the vaccine and be on lockdown for months on end.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that Djokovic was able to overcome and skirt the system, the majority of Australians did not support him participating in the tournament and that is when the minister of immigration took the decision to intervene and have the visa cancelled for a second time. He did that on the special powers granted to the minister and the minister only,\u201d he stated in a press release.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Under those powers, he revealed the court was asked to evaluate under the Principles of judicial review whether the minister acted irrationally. Given the background and context of what was taking place, leading up to the decision relating to Australia\u2019s Covid-19 vaccinations, it could not be said that the minister acted unreasonably.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of that the court was forced to act within its powers, limited as they were in this matter and uphold the minister\u2019s decision which is what led to Novak Djokovic, deportation from Australia,\u201d Douglas stated.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This battle over Djokovic\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination status has ended his dream of winning a record 21st Grand Slam in Australia.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Meantime former Liberal MP, Craig Kelly called Djokovic \u201ca political prisoner of the Morrison regime\u201d.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0www.smh.com.au<\/a>, Kelly who is the leader of the United Australia Party and federal member for Hughes, told an anti-vaccination rally at Hyde Park on Saturday that he was ashamed to be an Australian after Djokovic\u2019s visa was cancelled.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister [Scott Morrison] has put the tennis player Novak Djokovic into detention today,\u201d he said. \u201cToday the world\u2019s No.1 tennis player is a political prisoner of the Morrison regime.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThis embarrasses our nation. It brings shame upon our country, and it plays into the sentiment of vindictiveness and spitefulness that is not the Australian character,\u201d Kelly said.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

The march was one of a number organised around Australia by Reclaim The Line, which claimed on its website to resist \u201cmedical apartheid\u201d, protect children\u2019s future and \u201cbreak down the emerging segregation within our society\u201d<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"34- year old Famous Serbian tennis Player Novac Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday because of his vaccination status. 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