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Our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the very latest. it's the story that has gripped australia. �* . . . . it's the story that has gripped australia. �* . . , , ., australia. access denied, an extraordinary _ australia. access denied, an extraordinary visa _ australia. access denied, an extraordinary visa bungle i australia. access denied, an i extraordinary visa bungle sees australia. access denied, an - extraordinary visa bungle sees novak djokovic detained under armed guard at melbourne airport... this djokovic detained under armed guard at melbourne airport. . ._ at melbourne ai...

Regulations in place for this year's first major tennis tournament but border officials did not accept the exemption when djokovic issued late yesterday saying the tennis star failed to meet entry requirements. the country's prime minister went on to tell the public this. the rules are very clear. you need a medical exemption. he didn't have a valid one. we make that call at the border and that's where it's enforced. seeking a record 21st major title and tenth at the australian open djokovic waited more than eight hours at the airport to find out if he would be allowed into the country. he was...

Also had their visas revoked. as for djokovic, it's been a wild week for the men's world number one tennis player. on tuesday after tennis australia granted the defending champion a medical exemption from the tournament's vaccine mandate, djokovic posted a power picture of him saying he was heading down under. when he arrived wednesday there was a clearly a disconnect between tennis australia and the australian government as he was detained and denied entry into the country and had his visa revoked by australian border force. now, according to australia's health minister, the reason is because...

The tournament. but when he arrived in australia wednesday, officials said his visa had been canceled for failing to meet entry requirements. authorities moved him to his melbourne hotel turned temporary immigration detention center where he waited for days. what his lawyers went to work. finally monday, a melbourne judge ordered djokovic's release and overturned his visa cancellation ruling border officials haven't treated him fairly. djokovic's father hailed the ruling. >> translator: they waited for him at the airport. they had no right. they just took away all of his rights. >> this press ...

Predeparture is widely expected that the predepa rtu re test is widely expected that the predeparture test element will be dropped as part of a review of the rules happening today. there are many in the travel industry who would like the government to go much further and get rid of both testing requirements, because they would argue that now omicron is so widely spread both within the uk and around the world, these measuresjust aren't effective any more but whatever the government does decide to do when it makes that decision this afternoon, a lot of other countries still have travel restricti...