conversations happening now between the serbian authorities and the australian authorities to try to sort out the remaining controversy, guy? i don t know who there is that thinks that sport and politics don t mix. sport and politics are absolutely integral to each other, as we ve seen so many times over the years and, of course, in this case as well. serbia s government has been in contact with their counterparts in australia. we ve heard president aleksandar vucic railing against what he s called the political ranting in australia. a rather more conciliatory approach from prime minister ana brnabic, who says that she s been in touch with the ministry of foreign affairs in australia and talked about a positive tone that she s been receiving in return. but the noises all around out of serbia is that they believe this is part of election campaigning in australia, that prime minister scott morrison saw what public opinion was, as you were alluded to in the previous interview, public op
and this is the question that many of his supporters and fans who have gathered outside the court and also gathered here in federation square a bit earlier to celebrate. they re not here at the moment because they want to know where he is and they want to be there. no one is fully sure where he is. we understand that he may be at his lawyers office at the moment but, again, this cannot be confirmed. what we do know is this. we know thatjudge anthony kelly has made a decision that novak djokovic should be released from detention, should be allowed entry to australia and should be allowed to compete in the australian open. he has made a decision to overturn the government s decision to revoke his visa. this has been the judgment today and this has been why there s been a jubilant atmosphere with his supporters. but then things got confusing and uncertain yet again because while this was happening, we also know that the lawyer
instructed by the minister, saying as has been alluded to in the reports, that the overarching power, this godlike power that the minister retains to cancel the visa, even after this decision had been made, is probably going to be exercised. so the minister s lawyers made it clear they minister does not want mr djokovic in the country. quite an extraordinary case. we djokovic in the country. quite an extraordinary case. djokovic in the country. quite an extraordinary case. we will come back to that extraordinary case. we will come back to that in extraordinary case. we will come back to that in a extraordinary case. we will come back to that in a moment - extraordinary case. we will come back to that in a moment but - extraordinary case. we will come back to that in a moment but if l extraordinary case. we will come back to that in a moment but if i | back to that in a moment but if i can focus on the time being on that decision. there is a transcript of the conversation between
found out definitely from these transcripts that djokovic is not vaccinated he should not be playing in the australian open. but going through two different medical panels, the victorian government and tennis australia and having a document from the federal government as well and you have to feel sympathy for djokovic because it is absolutely not his fault. he complied with all the rules. yet he s been rejected. you fly across the world only to have your visa cancelled by basically the people who granted it and told you to come to australia. 50 who granted it and told you to come to australia. . . to australia. so you think novak d okovic to australia. so you think novak djokovic is to australia. so you think novak djokovic is to to australia. so you think novak djokovic is to mix to australia. so you think novak djokovic is to mix sporting - djokovic is to mix sporting metaphors, used as a political football in this instance?- metaphors, used as a political football in this ins
and defend his grand slam title but ministers there have threatened that they might exercise powers to cancel his visa anyway. there are reports of a police presence at the office of his lawyers in melbourne. earlier, a judge in the city ruled that he must be released immediately from immigration detention. djokovic arrived at melbourne airport last week to defend his australian open title, which begins next monday. he was initally granted an exemption from covid vaccination rules, after recovering from the virus last month. djokovic s lawyers argued that cancellation was unreasonable the government conceded this, and judge anthony kelly also agreed. but as fans celebrate outside the court, counsel for the australian govenrment told the hearing that the immigration minister might exercise his legal powers to cancel the visa regardless. our correspondent in melbourne, shaimaa khalil, says everyone there wants to know where djokovic is right now. this is the million dollar question