Australia Orders Novak Djokovic To Be Deported After Arguing His Presence Would ‘Stoke Anti-Vax Sentiment’

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation

Pureblood rank one tennis champion Novak “No-Vax” Djokovic was ordered to be deported from Australia on Sunday after the government argued his presence would “stoke anti-vaccine sentiment.”

Unbelievably, one of the Australian government lawyer’s main arguments is that Djokovic may become “an icon of free choice”. Exact words used. Oh my.

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The details of the case read like a parody.

From The Daily Mail, “Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic LOSES his last-ditch appeal to stay in Australia and will be deported within hours – after the federal government feared his presence would ‘stoke anti-vaccine sentiment'”:

Novak Djokovic will be deported from Australia after failing to convince three senior judges of his right to stay in Melbourne to compete in the Australian Open – after the government’s lawyers argued he’d become an ‘icon’ for anti-vaxxers.

[…] The high-powered legal team argued any anti-vax sentiment brought about in the community since the tennis ace arrived in Australia was a result of the government’s decision to cancel his visa, while lawyers for the federal government insisted he posed a risk.

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