and unanimous by all three of the federal court of australia bench. so i do not think there is any basis upon which, unless of course you are an avid fan of mr djokovic, or more broadly, perhaps an anti vaxxer or perhaps have some other reason to be disgruntled after this worldwide media and the urgency with which mr djokovic s cases have been dealt with. again i say to see fair and just result. again i say it is a fair and just result. i spoke to an immigration officer in australia earlier and he spoke of his concerns around the powers that the minister has.
marco s. pizza lovers get it. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the breaking news is that the tennis star, the world number one, novack djokovic, has lost his court case. he will not be allowed to defend his title in the australian open tennis tournament and faces deportation or at least leaving the country. that s the ruling just handed down by a federal court in melbourne. the hearing was djokovic s last attempt to stay in the country despite having his visa revoked twice over his covid vaccination status. but the court ultimately sided with australia s immigration minister who revoked the visa over concerns the unvaccinated star s presence could spur a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment. let s go to cnn world sport
these discretionary broad powers, to again cancel that visa, that happened on friday. so here we are on sunday, and appeal to the full bench of the federal court and if novak djokovic loses, there is no automatic right of appeal but of course, time is of the essence, it is lunchtime here in melbourne and the australian open starts in less than 2a hours when novak djokovic would be expected to defend his australian open title. so time is very much of the essence here. the people and the noise you can hear behind me are around a0 or 50 supporters of novak djokovic stop they are pretty confident he will not only win this appeal but also go on to defend his australian open title but of course it is pretty soon going to be in the hands of the three federal courtjudges. hands of the three federal courtjudges- hands of the three federal court judges. hands of the three federal court udues. ., court udges. and if he were to lose courtjudges. and if he were to lose heat might courtjudges
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