To be honest - some of those points don't stack up.
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[Other Sport] Djokovic held at airport
- Thread starter PILTDOWN MAN
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To be honest - some of those points don't stack up.
Weststander
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sydney
tinky ****in winky
you can get a good grip here on how useless the federal govt. is and particularly Hawke who is about as out of his depth as a dwarf going over victoria falls in a barrel.
Yon Farage will be bleating about "cancel culture" again
To be honest, most of them don't.
Weststander
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This must be a hammer blow for right wing presenters/shock-jocks eg Farage and Mike Graham, so smug when Djokovic won the right to entry.
Their rationale - dead against Covid laws.
Their rationale - dead against Covid laws.
Guessing Farage will be there at Belgrade Airport to console Djokovic.
Maybe I've just not seen much venom from aussies on the topic. Seems a lot of the responses from australians on here are criticising the government. I saw a video of a couple of aussie newscasters talking about Djokovic and how they believe he lied and was a nasty person, but even they seemed resigned to him 'getting away with it' (beccause of government/border force screw ups) rather than angry. Maybe if I was more steeped in aussie culture I would see more anger and have a different opinion.
I'm not saying there won't be any booing. I just don't think it'll be the 'woah, it's so worth staying up into the middle of the night to watch this unfold' kind of booing.
That's an impressive number, higher than I realised. But, it doesn't tell you why they are vaccinated, and how they feel about having had to get vaccinated. How many did so reluctantly, out of obligation - again, I'm not that steeped in the aussie experience, so dont know what sort of motivation has been applied (have people got the vaccine because they'll lose their job if they don't and have a family to provide for so don't have the power to stand up to it, but would support someone like Djokovic - with a semblence of power (name brand, money men will want him at the tournament, tv partners will want him there etc) standing up to it?
As for not a sporting hero, of course he is. Yes he plays sports for money, but he does so to an excellent elite level. Same as ronaldo. Muhammed ali. Tiger Woods. To people who love that sport, he is a shining example of success. People love watching great sports stars succeed.
I don't think every point I made is as strong as the other or that they all apply to every one. There will be some in the crowd who want to see him get that extra grand slam win. Some will support him because he opposed a government they dislike more, etc. reducing the numbers booing.
Or, as I said further up, maybe I've just not really seen the venom of the australian public on this.
Weststander
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No doubt already an admirer of the strong-arm right wing regime.
https://balkaninsight.com/2020/08/04/serbias-right-wing-shift-risks-fuelling-extremism/#:~:text=Serbia%20went%20to%20the%20polls%20on%20June%2021%2C,time%20since%202000%2C%20no%20pro-European%20opposition%20entered%20parliament.
Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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Back in the courts again
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/l...atest-updates-immigration-minister-alex-hawke
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/l...atest-updates-immigration-minister-alex-hawke
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I see Djokovic's lawyer is asking to have the same judge again...
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Pleased but very surprised by this decision but why make it Friday evening? It does open up a further can of worms that the Govt is trying to be deliberately awkward rather than procedural.
But Novax is still wrong and still an utter bellend imo, should have the grace to accept it (knowing himself he's lied [allegedly]) and bow out.
But Novax is still wrong and still an utter bellend imo, should have the grace to accept it (knowing himself he's lied [allegedly]) and bow out.
Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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Reading the arguments put forward by Novak’s lawyers it seems the Australian authorities could be on thin ice again. Still the timing of Hawke’s announcement all but blows Novak’s chances of being fit to compete as the hearing would be Sunday and the tournament begins Monday or Tuesday for him.
He can appeal (and has), but the available routes for actually winning that appeal are a *lot* narrower than they were first time around. Unless Hawke has made a colossal mistake, this time the Visa will remain revoked.
Had enough of all this nonsense now. My only remaining interest would be in seeing footage of him being put on a plane out of there. Kicking and screaming optional - but would be quite enjoyable.
According to this twitter thread https://twitter.com/rennaestubbs/status/1481926336264679427 (too many tweets to embed), the same judge is likely the only one who can rule in a timely manner. His overruling of the previous visa cancellation was on a process error that doesn't (or shouldn't) apply in this case, not on the merits of the reasoning for cancelling it. That even if he rules against the cancellation again, there is another avenue for the minister to use to cancel it. This thread makes it seem very unlikely it will be overturned.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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Or you could just not come on a thread about a sport that doesn't interest you. It's easy to avoid the whole Novax saga if you want to.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
... or not interested any more because it doesn't fit in with your conspiracy theory? I say this when I actually felt that he would be allowed to play as money talks/it was too "big" for them to deal with/too much fallout etc etc. But very glad to be proved wrong and that the Aussies have stuck to their "strict" border controls image.