no longer welcome. on the issue of mr djokovic, rules are rules and there are no special cases. rules are rules. that s what i said to you yesterday, and that s the policy of the government. and it has been our government s strong border protection policies and particularly in relation to the pandemic that has ensured that australia has one of the lowest death rates from covid anywhere in the world. djokovic s lawyers are challenging the deportation order in court. he could potentially apply for a new visa. the 34 year old star hasn t publicly confirmed his covid i9 vaccination status. he flew to australia after being granted a controversial medical exemption. tennis authorities said he d not received any special treatment. but many australians, who ve lived under some the world s toughest coronavirus restrictions, felt djokovic had abused the system.
they canceled his visa on public interest grounds. there was a fueled debate over covid vaccine mandates. in a statement following a deportation order djokovic said he was, quote, extremely disappointed by the ruling and said he would respect it and would cooperate with the authorities in relation to his departure from the country it. usual also include as three-year ban of returning to australia. he may not be playing that open again for a while. he was seeking a 21st grand slam singles title and tenth australian open. it leaves rafael nadal on his own in the race. federer is out with an injury. nadal advanced in straight sets after his first appearance at the major tournament since his loss to djokovic in last year s french open. time now for the weather. and let s go to meteorologist
given back to him yet again. we will have the very latest on that as and when but it sounds as if djokovic and his legal team are going to fight that latest deportation order. let s stay in australia. the final ashes test is under way in hobart. england won the toss and are bowling first that looked to be a good idea on a fairly green wicket and they had australia on the ropes early on. ollie robinson with the breakthrough. david warner out for a duck, caught by zack crawley. steve smith was also dismissed without scoring, falling to the same combination of robinson and crawley. the hosts were reeling on 12 3. marnus labushagne rallied with 44 but was bowled by stuart broad after slipping in his crease. it was a bizarre way to go, but that was a second wicket for broad. then came the fightback, and a fifth wicket partnership of 121 between travis head and cameron green. head made 101 but was out next ball after his reaching his century.
here? any guidance when the decision will be made? reporter: i don t think it s going to help the sort of political sentiment here for sure against djokovic which has been pretty strong. a lot of resentment from djokovic the moment he announced he was coming to australia with an exemption from the mandatory vaccination rules that people arriving in the country are supposed to follow. the tide was set against him pretty strongly. now his admission he was knowingly positive with his time line with covid and kept an engagement to do a photo shoot and interview, he disregarded the public health keconcerns th would mandate and telling people around you tested positive, not doing that will definitely not play in his favor. to the extent that s his track record of behavior, and the past statements according to the calculation made by the immigration minister alex hawk who is weighing the decision to, again, revoke djokovic s visa and issue a deportation order. we shall wait, of course, fo
if he decides there is no avenue to stay and fight. and how do you think the decision is going to go down there in melbourne among tennis fans? the support in melbourne, a large population that s been very behind the deportation order. probably when it came out today 71% of people polled in the melbourne area wanted djokovic to get deported. only 14% thought he should stay and play. so this was a very politically attractive decision the government was able to get to in the end, a very popular outcome. and it s something clearly was in many ways scored political points so they stayed with it in some ways. but also they wanted to show the people and reassure them there was no getting around these rules, which people here have very steadfastly followed for two years now during the pandemic. been great to have your analysis on this. appreciate it. we ll take a quick break here. we ll be back with more on