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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Court reveals why it backed decision to send Novak Djokovic home
However, the Federal Court in its written reasons for its decision, published on Thursday afternoon, said: We reject the proposition that it was not open to the minister to find or conclude that Mr Djokovic had a stance that was well-known on vaccination and that he was opposed to it.
The judges said Djokovics views canvassed in the BBC article were expressed and publicly known even before there was a COVID-19 vaccine.
Further, there was no issue but that Mr Djokovic was not, by January 2022, vaccinated. It was plainly open to the minister to infer that Mr Djokovic had for over a year chosen not to be vaccinated since vaccines became available, they said.
That he had a reason not to have a vaccination at the time of the decision in January 2022, apparently having contracted COVID-19 on or about 16 December 2021, did not say anything as to the position for the many months from the availability of vaccines to December 2021.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/federal-court-reveals-why-it-backed-decision-to-send-novak-djokovic-home-20220120-p59pts.html
Hekate
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that I find incredibly obnoxious.
MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)Actually, I was thinking of trump. I don't think Novaxx Djoke-Covid is anywhere near as bad as trump, and I actually liked him in the early part of the previous decade.
However, he cast his lot, and he, and only he, is to blame for the Australia debacle. I think his legacy is always going to feature this fiasco.
Novaxx: get over it. If you want to play in tournaments, abide by the rules. It's pretty simple.
brush
(53,801 posts)athletes who are not vaccinated, at least I know for sure Irving is still unvaxxed. Rodgers may have gotten vaxxed since his "I'm inoculated" imbroglio broke a few months ago.
All are of course foolish with these stances. Maybe it stems from athletes being pampered from high school even that they become self-centered and expect exceptions to be made for them routinely.