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  #2849534 12-Jan-2022 21:11
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And like other anti-vaxxers and Covid-deniers, he's a piece of shit.

 

Novak Djokovic admits breaking isolation while Covid positive - BBC News

 

 

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has admitted there were mistakes on his immigration forms and to meeting a journalist despite testing positive for Covid, as Australia mulls deporting him.

 

In his Instagram post, Djokovic said he went ahead with the interview, with French title L'Equipe, because he "didn't want to let the journalist down".

 

"[I ensured] I socially distanced and wore a mask except when my photograph was being taken," he said.

 

L'Equipe confirmed in an article that the tennis star wore a mask the entire time, even when their reporter asked him to take it off for five minutes.

 

The journalist, Franck Ramella, said that he had been told not to ask Djokovic about his vaccination status or the upcoming Australian Open so "therefore did not ask if he had considered doing a test".

 

Djokovic also admitted making a false declaration on his travel form prior to entering Australia.

 

He said his agent had made a mistake when filling in a section of the form that covered his recent travel history. The form stated that he had not travelled in the 14 days before his arrival in Australia.

 

But recent reports suggest the 34-year-old had travelled to Serbia and then to Spain prior to the trip.

 

"My agent sincerely apologises for the administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box," he wrote. "This was a human error and certainly not deliberate."

 





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  #2849572 12-Jan-2022 23:01
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It's a web of inconsistencies.

 

 

 

Beyond the false declaration of travel history:

 

"In a lengthy post on Instagram, Djokovic said he received a positive result on the night of December 17 after submitting the test the day before.

 

But in his sworn court affidavit Djokovic said he was “tested and diagnosed” on December 16.

 

Home Affairs is now looking into this discrepancy, and the penalty for giving false evidence under the Crimes Act is a prison sentence of five years."

 

Seems unlikely that one would be notified of a test result the evening after the diagnosis was complete.

 

 

 

“Despite having no symptoms, I took a rapid antigen test on 16 December which was negative, and out of an abundance of caution, also took an official and approved PCR test on that same day,”

 

Somehow he doesn't strike me as the abundance of caution kind of guy.

 

 

 

"Djokovic gained entry to Australia on the basis that he had a positive test for Covid-19 on December 16, which he claimed gave him a valid exemption for being unvaccinated. But data in the test result URL from the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, linked in the QR code provided to Border Force as part of Djokovic’s visa application, suggests it is timestamped December 26.

 

Australian cybersecurity experts said there may be a valid explanation for the discrepancies, first revealed by German publication Der Spiegel, but there are legitimate questions to answer"

 

This goes beyond my knowledge, but could be another inconsistency.

 

 

 

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Ultimately I think the Aussie government is going to boot him out, but they are taking their sweet time to make sure they don't mess up the procedure, and get slapped down in court again.

 

But this whole situation is a terrible look for both Aussie, and the player. If Aussie do kick him out, the fact he is in the community now, It will be seen to be no longer about health.


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  #2849575 12-Jan-2022 23:04
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He could catch covid while in Australia.

Irony would be at level 11.




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  #2849594 12-Jan-2022 23:46
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Surely it would be fairly easy for someone in AU with covid to accidentally come into close contact with him, forcing him into isolation around the time of his first match?

Also what's this BS about his agent making a mistake. So anyone can now just claim someone else completing official documents made a mistake.

Agree with the news anchors caught talking about him, total A-hole.

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  #2849627 13-Jan-2022 06:54
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i still don't understand why he's still in Melbourne.

 

millions have sacrificed for what end


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  #2849628 13-Jan-2022 06:57
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Batman:

 

i still don't understand why he's still in Melbourne.

 

millions have sacrificed for what end

 

 

But, really, at the current rate of infections, does it make a difference now?

 

Sure, he seemingly broke the rules but in reality what does it change?





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  #2849637 13-Jan-2022 08:11
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freitasm:

 

Sure, he seemingly broke the rules but in reality what does it change?

 

 

The Government at the next Oz election?


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  #2849648 13-Jan-2022 08:36
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An independent lawyer has said is just too much at stake for them to even cancel it a second time now that we've got to this point

I expect some sort of fine and a slap on the wrist which will get converted to a donation to some form of charity and he'll go into hiding

He'll probably get one of the frostiest entrances he's ever heard

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  #2849651 13-Jan-2022 08:58
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The Guardian - Novak Djokovic faces fine or prison for breaking isolation while Covid positive

 

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Novak Djokovic could face a fine or even prison in Serbia after his admission that he broke isolation while he had Covid last month, lawyers have said, as the Serbian prime minister warned his behaviour appeared to be “a clear breach” of the rules.

 

The 34-year-old Belgrade-born tennis player is chasing a record-breaking 21st grand slam victory at the Australian Open beginning on Monday, but could yet be deported by the government which is unhappy with his medical exemption from inoculation.

 

Djokovic on Wednesday acknowledged that he knew he had tested positive when he attended a newspaper interview and photoshoot in the Serbian capital on 18 December, saying in a statement on social media he had made an “error of judgment”. ...

 

Lawyers in Serbia told local reporters that breaking the country’s strict isolation rules was an offence under article 248 of the criminal code, and subject to a fine or prison sentence of up to three years – although community service was more likely. ...

 





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  #2849654 13-Jan-2022 09:09
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Good. He might want to seek refugee status in Australia and be sent to the island...





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  #2849763 13-Jan-2022 11:49
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Sorry but absolutely nothing in the real world is going to happen to him.

He's a famous multimillionaire who makes a lot of money for other powerful organisations

Any fine is a drop in the water to him, no real penalty in Serbia. He has the president supporting him...

 
 
 

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  #2849765 13-Jan-2022 11:54
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afe66: Sorry but absolutely nothing in the real world is going to happen to him.

He's a famous multimillionaire who makes a lot of money for other powerful organisations

Any fine is a drop in the water to him, no real penalty in Serbia. He has the president supporting him...



 

Agreed

 

" ... although community service was more likely. "   (where "community service" = playing tennis with the Prime Minister 😏)





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  #2849770 13-Jan-2022 12:05
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afe66: Sorry but absolutely nothing in the real world is going to happen to him.

He's a famous multimillionaire who makes a lot of money for other powerful organisations

Any fine is a drop in the water to him, no real penalty in Serbia. He has the president supporting him...

 

Note he was called out by Serbia Prime Minister who was not happy he did not isolate when supposedly covid positive.


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  #2849993 13-Jan-2022 13:25
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Does the title of the thread maybe need to be amended? It doesn’t really reflect how things have unfolded.

 

Note: I admire his ability to play tennis, but that’s about as far as it goes. The rest……smh.





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  #2850170 13-Jan-2022 15:09
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Handle9:

 

Quarantine is managed by the state and they set their own criteria. He has a valid quarantine exemption from Victoria, that was never in dispute.

 

The dispute was about his visa exemption which is different.

 

 

No it isn't. There's no such thing as a "visa exemption". He's the holder of a valid subclass 408 "temporary activity visa", applied for prior to his travel consistent with every other visitor to the country, which is a special visa granted to visitors for things like sporting events, concerts, etc. The only individuals actually exempt from the requirement to apply for a visa to travel to Australia are New Zealanders, who are granted one on arrival.

 

There is an exemption from travel restrictions (as you know, only specified classes of people can travel to Australia, and approval to travel must be applied for in advance) but a 408 visa grants an automatic exemption to that too if fully vaccinated (or "considered fully vaccinated" which is a stupidly vague description, which has a different meaning depending who you ask).

 

None of the requirements of any visa is a negative COVID test, vaccination, or exemption from vaccination. Those are temporary requirements imposed under a separate direction (which you can read here if you're bored).

 

As to quarantine being managed by the state, hoo boy. It's actually constitutionally a Commonwealth responsibility, which has naturally resulted in quite some mud slinging and blame games between state governments and the Commonwealth.


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