recognised that the travel declaration that he submitted was in fact false, even though he blamed a support team member. the fact that when he was diagnosed with covid i9 he still went out in belgrade, attended events and, of course, did that media interview, where he was 100% certain he had covid but still went ahead with the interview. i think that s where, if you look at the statement from the immigration minister, there is the concern about novak djokovic and public health and thus why the decision was reached today. the feeling around novak djokovic ever since he got that exemption late last week, there were some hesitancy from victorians about him being let in. now that hesitancy has gone up exponentially and i think there is a lot of relief in victoria that, as it stands right now, he s not playing in the australian open. abul rizvi is the former deputy secretary for the australian department of immigration. he worked with the australian government when both major parties were
last wednesday, djokovic s visa was cancelled as he arrived in melbourne. border officials said he hadn t met the entry requirements for australia. a few days later, his lawyers revealed he d been given a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he d previously tested positive. however social media pictures showed him at public events in the days after that apparent diagnosis. on monday, his visa cancellation was overturned by a judge who criticised the australian government. the final say was in the hands of the immigration minister who in the last few hours has cancelled his visa for the second time. in a statement, australian prime minister scott morrison said, australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected . here s australian sports journalist, shane mcinnes. i think public sentiment has certainly changed during the week. i think the fact that his statement recognised that the travel
in his favour to stay. but we don t know if the government is still going to seek to deport him. we don t know if the immigration minister, alex hawke, is going to use his executive powers to cancel his visa. and today, another layer of uncertainty teports of the border force investigating whether novak djokovic gave incorrect information in his travel declaration. remember, this is important because this is an argument that his legal team used in court, that he has given all the information in his travel declaration. well, now we know there are questions about whether or not he travelled with the ia days prior to coming to australia. so, yes, he says he s focused on competing. yes, he s been here training. but a few days before the australian open, there is no guarantee that he will be allowed to play and defend his title. and finally he was only eight years old, but what a life of achievement. i m talking about magawa, an african giant rat, who was celebrated for helping discover
ale, ana, this is to do with the travel declaration, a form that everybody has to fill in before they enter into australia. it asks about your personal details. it asks about your covid vaccination, if you have had it and it also asks what your travel plans have been, the 14 days before you went to australia, so this was asking where have you been in the last 14 days, where do you plan to be in the 14 days before arrival, and do you plan to travel, and djokovic had ticked no for that particular fox, but the fact was that we now have photos that have started to emerge of him in spain and in serbia for the two weeks before his arrival here. now according to a source close to the investigation, this is an investigation by australia border force ongoing at this point to find out if he did in fact give false information. now, according to the home affairs ministry, the maximum
he only gets lunch and dinner. for breakfast, nothing. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he was granted a vaccine exemption from tennis australia because he tested positive for covid 19 on 16 december. that was also the day when these pictures were taken, showing the tennis player maskless at a ceremony where he was honoured with his own postage stamps. it s unclear at which point he took the pcr test and when he knew he had covid. djokovic s lawyers have said that onjanuary 1, he received a document from the government s home affairs department, telling him his travel declaration responses indicated he met the requirements for a quarantine free arrival into australia. but in its court submission, released hours before the hearing, the government said it had not given the tennis star an assurance about his vaccine waiver, adding that an e mail from the home affairs department was not a guarantee that his so called medical