Australian PM welcomes Novak Djokovic’s ouster, says it’s in the public interest

Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, expressed this Sunday his satisfaction with the court ruling that confirmed the cancellation of the visa and expulsion from the country of the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, by justifying that the decision responds to the “public interest”.

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“This annulment decision was made for health, safety and order maintenance reasons, on the grounds that it was in the public interest,” said in a statement Morrison, who applied one of the toughest policies in the world against covid-19 and fights against a spike in infections despite the fact that most of the inhabitants are vaccinated.

The plenary session of the Federal Court of Australia decided unanimously this Sunday, after a virtual hearing, that the cancellation of the tennis player’s visa by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has a legal basis, and therefore Djokovic will be deported.

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Morrison said his government believes “strong borders are fundamental to the Australian way of life and the rule of law.”

Thanking the Court for having addressed this matter and the patience of all those involved in resolving the case, the president stressed that “it is time to follow the Australian Open and enjoy tennis again during the summer.”

Along the same lines as Morrison, the Immigration Minister recalled the “great sacrifices” that Australia made during the pandemic and highlighted that the “solid” border protection policies, “which has resulted in one of the lowest mortality rates, the strongest economic recoveries and the highest vaccination rates in the world.”

Djokovic traveled to Melbourne on January 5 with a medical exemption for not being vaccinated, having recently been infected with covid-19, although upon arrival the Immigration authorities canceled his visa and detained him until his release last Monday for a court order considering that he was not treated “fairly”.

The tennis player was arrested again this Saturday after the new cancellation of his visa and is isolated in the Park hotel in Melbourne before his deportation, which has not transpired when it will happen.

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