As I've said...and I hope you believe it...I do love,and respect,Australia and her people. Well,*most* of her people. Because of that respect I view this whole thing with sadness,rather than anger or disdain, because a great nation has been made to look foolish here.
And BTW....for the record,I most assuredly *do* understand that more than a few of *our* current "leaders" are guilty of wrongs far,far worse than anything that the Australian official(s) responsible for this have committed.As far as I can see there's no shortage of clowns to be found in positions of authority in any Western nation you could name.
Just sayin'...
An exception might have been able to be made before he entered the country.
Understand that there is every possibility that if he, or Tennis Australia, with the internal exemption granted by Victoria in hand (an exemption to move around Victoria - not one to enter the country) had approached the Commonwealth government and asked for an exemption, one might have been granted. But that isn't what happened. Instead, he turned up at the border without an exemption.
Once he tried to enter without valid permission, any realistic option to enter the country was gone.
I think you've accepted a very inaccurate and biased version of what happened.
He attempted to enter Australia without valid documentation. We don't 'fix' that at the border.
It wasn't entirely his fault - Tennis Australia does seem to have lied to him. But that is a private company and blaming the rest of Australia for what those morons did is ridiculous.
I think the USA is lost and unrecoverable....I hope not. With borders open on the south, how many illegal immigrants and terrorists have already come across the border in the past year, 2 million? With Biden in power for the 3 more years, it doesn’t matter much even if the Republicans take control of their Congress. And if a Republican becomes president in 2025, it might be way too late. Gay State Conservative, just really doesn’t get it with border control because he lives in the USA and they have already given up most of their basic rights. They think the guns are the answer, but what good are guns if you country is already lost? But I am afraid, with Albanese coming into power in May, we will just become like the USA. This Novak was a tempest in tea kettle on Free Republic. I have correspondence with a number Americans and most didn’t even know the Australian Open was on.