“And the election campaign really has little relevance here.”
In the immortal words of tennis great John McEnroe, “You can’t be serious!”.
If it was such an obvious decision, why wait until after the tournament draw is set, and after the close of business on Friday? And why give the reason as “on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so”. It almost seems to me that Hawke is expecting Judge Kelly to overrule him, but for political reasons he did it anyway.
I can’t honestly claim that we have better politicians here in the USA, but this is the folly that is currently in the news.
Pray that Judge Kelly takes swift action to rescue the true interests of Australia from Hawke’s folly.
Yes, I can be. Electorally speaking, this is unlikely to make that much difference. Yes, kicking Djokovic out will be popular with a fair number of people, but it's unlikely to affect the vote that much. That's not what people vote on. And the shambolic nature of all of this has probably done more harm than good.
If it was such an obvious decision, why wait until after the tournament draw is set, and after the close of business on Friday?
Yeah, that does annoy me - this should have been done by Wednesday at the latest to give Djokovic the best possible chance of appealing the decision. But - frankly, the court system here in Victoria is now so corrupt and flawed, I suspect the federal government just doesn't trust it to rule on the basis of the law anymore, and that may have figured in their decision.
It will be interesting to see if any Federal court judge is willing to hold an expedited hearing, and if they do, how they rule. Judge Kelly might be.