Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Novak Djokovic's visa cancelled 'in the public interest', with possible 3-year ban from Australia

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par Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced late Friday he had cancelled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa “on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so”.

Djokovic’s lawyers are expected to seek an immediate injunction against his deportation.

The government had delayed all week responding to the Federal Circuit Court’s Monday quashing of the original decision by Border Force officials to cancel the Serbian player’s visa when he arrived in Australia.

The delay was partly due to extensive material provided by Djokovic’s…

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