Novak Djokovic to remain in visa limbo until Monday as he fights deportation from Australia

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  1. Bowerbird

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    Then why can we apply for exemptions? Something Djokovic did not do correctly
     
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    What are you talking about - we like hitting tennis balls…..
     
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    Meanwhile here in Australia our vaccination rate is over 90%
     
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    I am blown away by how many people on this thread are using the excuse “but he is a well known Tennis Star and rich people don’t have to obey rules. Well stuff that up a wilting cactus - rules are rules and they apply to EVERYONE
     
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    Please link to the video of the people in the quarantine facility in the NT



    And at maximum it was only for TWO WEEKS. And it was people who arrived from overseas

    And as the NT Premier said “We have a vulnerable First Nation people to protect
     
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    What do you think “Hotel quarantine” was about?
     
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    As Boris Johnson is now finding out.
     
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    Two weeks, wow. So, in your mind, it's a vacation. A punishing one, but just a vacation... And at the end, to get out, the residents must be vaccinated, or they don't get out, do they... You seem to believe in the evil other. It's like the first step down that road to autocratic dictation that governments always seem to want...
     
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    Which exemptions have the authoritarian Australian gov't allowed lately? :roflol:
     
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    Have there been any reports of anti-vax/pro Novak disturbances at the matches? I saw there was some sort of isolated mask fight on day 1, but haven't heard much of anything along those lines since..

    Seems to me from that standpoint, the right decision was made...
     
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    Not that I've seen.
    I don't think many Australians have any sympathy for anti-vaxxers.
    I think there was more chance of anti-Djokovic disturbances if he'd been allowed to play.
    Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu are both out in the second round though so I'm going to be cheering on Rafa Nadal now.
     
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    I used to like to watch tennis when my son was playing in local tourneys, but he doesn't play anymore so I lost interest... I'll probably watch both finals, but that's about it...

    Strangely, for the first time ever, I'm finding myself watching the Premier League a fair amount these days... must be some combination of winter and limited free hockey on TV... saw the unbelievable finish to the Leicester/Spurs game yesterday... that actually was exciting...

    Still scratch my head at a league that doesn't have a playoff system at the end, but OK....
     
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    I scratch my head at leagues where winning doesn't mean anything except advancing to knock outs with a bunch of teams you already beat over a long season.
    Vive la difference I suppose.

    btw if you want free access to every hockey game live plus replays I use
    https://nhl66.ir/simulator
    It has an annoying habit of taking you to new pages advertising stuff you don't want but you can just ignore them and it works perfectly. I've been using it for a couple of years without problems and the chat box can be very amusing.
    Go Leafs, or the Toronto Make me Laughs as one wag wrote last night.
     
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    I'll give that site a shot tonite...

    On the knockouts, I'm fine with a bye round for the top team(s) and home field advantage, but it seems the PL this year could be officially locked up sometime in mid April.... sort of takes the suspense out of the final 5 weeks of the season...
     
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    ...and another thing about hockey.
    The refs seem to apply a different set of rules for the playoffs. Players getting away with much rougher play than they would in the regular season.
    What's that all about?
     
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    I don't see that... I think most players are actually on better behavior in the playoffs, because the potential loss from a 4 minute minor or a 5 minute misconduct is much more severe...

    Refs/Umps in all sports tend to put the whistles away in the playoffs for the same reason... Every call is over-scrutinized and it's sometimes safer to do a Sgt. Schultz and see NOTHING....
     
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    That's true. Happens in soccer too, very hard to get a yellow card in the FA cup final.
    It is referees applying different rules/standards depending on the importance of the game though...
    I think the players take advantage of that.
     
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    Unvaccinated?
     
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    Only if you are not entering the country or been exposed - then you have to quarantine
     
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    So you do not like migrants.....got it.
     
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    This crap again.
    It didn't work on me and it's unlikely to work on BB.
    I'd just give it up if I were you.
     
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    It did work on you. The truth always works.
     
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    You'll never see the video because there is no video.
    They are all vaccinated, but if they're not and they don't have to have a legitimate excuse they get out all right. On the next plane.

    Now when you would like to take a break from making up a bunch of stuff, please link to that video that nobody's ever seen.
     
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    Down is up…black is white….cats living with dogs…conservative Americans railing against tough border enforcement…..the world is mad…!
     
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