[devere]

To lie is to deliberately, not negligently, provide false information. Djokovic has stated that his agent negligently checked the wrong box on a form, and you have repeatedly lied about it and called it a lie.

Perhaps such negligence should be a deportable offense, but Mr. Hawke evidently doesn’t think so. The reason he gave for cancelling the visa was the inspiration Djokovic gives to anti-vax Australians.

This matter has changed my attitude toward Australia. I now think the USA should not be allied with Australia. When China comes calling you should defend yourselves if you can without any American help. As far as I can tell the human rights differences between Australia’s governments and the CCP are too small to care about.

[naturalman1975]

It was a Yes/No question - have you travelled in the last 14 days. It was not a difficult question, or a complex question. I simply do not believe Djokovic's assertion that that answer was a mistake, rather than a lie. This is a man who has been a world traveller for two decades. He should be able to handle a simple immigration form.

The reason he gave for cancelling the visa was the inspiration Djokovic gives to anti-vax Australians.

Do you have any sort of reliable source for that? As far as I can tell at the moment, that's just a claim by Djokovic's lawyers.

These are the published reasons given by Alex Hawke for his decision.

Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so.

This decision followed orders by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 10 January 2022, quashing a prior cancellation decision on procedural fairness grounds.

In making this decision, I carefully considered information provided to me by the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Mr Djokovic.

The Morrison Government is firmly committed to protecting Australia’s borders, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I thank the officers of the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force who work every day to serve Australia’s interests in increasingly challenging operational environments.

There is nothing in that at all about "anti-vaxx sentiment" as Djokovic's lawyers have said. At the moment, that looks to me like spin from them, rather than reality.

But I haven't been able to rule out there being some other document somewhere that does say what they are claiming.

[naturalman1975]

Sorry - I've now found a more complete document that does show that the Minister did say something clearly along these lines. It's not just spin.

And that does irritate me a bit. And if Djokovic' lawyers can successfully use it to argue that the decision is unfounded, they should.

[naturalman1975]

This matter has changed my attitude toward Australia. I now think the USA should not be allied with Australia. When China comes calling you should defend yourselves if you can without any American help. As far as I can tell the human rights differences between Australia’s governments and the CCP are too small to care about.

"As far as I can tell" - I don't think you can tell much at all.

America has had its share of issues as well - there are vaccine mandates in America. There have been lockdowns in America. There have been curfews in America. But apparently to Americans, that only affects the fundamental freedom of a nation when it happens in other countries.

[TTFX]

The reason he gave for cancelling the visa was the inspiration Djokovic gives to anti-vax Australians.

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I’m glad the minister is openly stating that is the reason. It shows everyone he is a mentally ill, drunk on power politician, and his arbitrary decision determines the policy.

[TTFX]

The reason he gave for cancelling the visa was the inspiration Djokovic gives to anti-vax Australians.

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Cancelling the visa for that reason gives them more inspiration.