The Australian Open is scheduled to begin January 17th in Melbourne, the epicenter of Australia’s totalitarian COVID mandates. Australia granted unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic a visa to compete. Australian border officials then attempted to block his entry and deport him, because he was unvaccinated. Novak Djokovic took the issue to the federal court in Australia, and won his legal case against the Australian government. The government then decided unilaterally to revoke his visa on immigration grounds. Djokovic appealed.
The world #1 ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic lost his appeal today to remain in Australia and play the Australian Open tournament. He was immediately escorted to the airport and kicked out.
The government did not hide their reasoning, as immigration minister Alex Hawke said getting Djokovic out of the country was “fundamental to safe-guarding Australia’s social cohesion which continues to strengthen despite the pandemic.”
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison echoed the Hawke sentiment saying forcing Novak Djokovic out of the country quickly was a matter of “public interest“, because his continued presence would destabilize the government. Morrison further stated, “Australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected,” allowing an unvaccinated person to enter Australia was a threat to the social fabric that has bowed to the controls and threats of government vaccination mandates.
None of the statements by the government, and none of their legal arguments had anything to do with COVID-19, or any medical issue or threat represented by Mr. Djokovic. The government didn’t even attempt to make any such case in their court arguments. Instead, the government relied upon convincing the court that Djokovic’s physical presence represented a threat to “social cohesion“.
To support the position of the government, Australian Chief Justice James Allsop stressed the court was ruling on the “lawfulness and legality” of the decision and not whether it was right or wrong to deport him. {LINK} The government can arbitrarily decide who comes and goes into the country, therefore, if the government wants to ban Djokovic for whatever reason, they can. That was the determining legal factor, nothing else.
Now we get to the key distinction between Americans and Australians. This is the point where many Americans find it difficult to reconcile with the outlook of Australians. This is where the distinctions in democracy become very important to understand.
Americans view any form of tyranny as bad. Americans, in the whole, view any effort to crush your freedom as a negative. Australians only view tyranny as bad if it is not applied equally. As long as everyone suffers the punishment of government equally, the pain is approved.
In Australia, government oppression is only bad if it is applied unequally.
If every Australian is forced to have their right hand removed to comply with government rules, then the removal of the hand is permitted. Everyone gets in line at the hand-chopper. However, if someone jumps out of the line and tries to escape, because they don’t want their hand removed, all the other people in line will chase him down, bring him back and hold him down while the government hand-chopper does the removal.
The American looks at this mindset with jaw agape and says, “F**k you, my hand isn’t getting removed, and neither should anyone else’s; and I will fight the government hand-chopper if it means stopping them, even if you are okay with your hand getting chopped.”
Generally speaking, the line of Americans to get their hands chopped will look scornfully as the two-handed rebel departs, but they accept his decision. (Although this outlook is changing in America – SEE HERE)
When an American sees a person fighting Australian tyranny (Djokovic), our gut instinct is to support him (we would if his confrontation was inside America – his location is irrelevant). We support the freedom fight, because we see the underlying reason for him fighting -his medical and health freedom- as having merit.
However, most Australians, who would fight for the type of freedom defined by their version of democracy, see Djokovic fighting for a specific freedom their mob democracy has already conceded and lost.
The anti-vax movement, writ large, does not independently support Djokovic on principle, because Djokovic is not acquiescing to the same rules they are subjected to.
There’s also a weird part of this where we recognize that Australians are unwilling to contemplate or accept that non-Australians might have different inherent rights because, well, they are not Australians.
The Australian system of government is based on a pure democracy. Extreme democracy. As soon as 50% plus one is achieved, the other 50% accept the rules of the majority, regardless how small that majority position might be. This is why everyone in Australia is required by law to vote.
The concept of minority rights or individual sovereignty, restrictions on the mob’s ability to interfere in your life, is unfathomable to Australians. Once a law is passed by majority consent, they all agree to follow it. That is their social compact.
As a result, when the government of the majority tells them to do something – they comply.
This is the “social cohesion” that was threatened by Novak Djokovic being allowed to exist as an unvaccinated sovereign citizen in the country.
♦ One man standing against Tyranny brings Americans to their feet in support.
♦ One man standing against Tyranny in Australia immediately triggers the crabs in the bucket…
Last point. Notice how there are some very famous people in Hollywood from Australia? There are hundreds of them, and many of them are very wealthy. Notice how they refuse to go back to Australia? Their ideological hypocrisy is rather stark. The Hollywood Australians are the worst kind of Australians; they have left the bucket, will not return to the bucket, yet advocate for the bucket crabs to keep everyone else in the bucket.
Meanwhile back on the reservation.
A Serbian Orthodox Catholic who has contributed millions to charitable causes who entered Australia on a valid visa, is deported as he is a danger to the sheep.
Over in the Land of the Free, a muslim terrorist holds four people hostage in a synagogue.
He arrived in New York a few weeks ago on a valid visa. He then travelled to Texas, acquired a gun, and on refusing to surrender, was shot by the fbeeeye.
He was attempting to arrange the release of a notorious woman terrorist he said.
The authorities say he had no anti Jewish motives.
His brother back in LancherserStan said the poor dear had mental issues.
Local police in England have detained two teenagers of unknown ethnic origin or religious persuation.
So thank God for the super vigilance and honesty of the brave people who control our borders, from dangerous tourists and tennis players.
you should see if those people support Muslims invading the USA before siding with them in any way.
Ross I am puzzled, do you not recognise irony? I was trying to show the stupidity of NOT vetting terrorists as opposed to vetting tennis players.
I wonder how the guy acquired a gun so quickly. I’m stuck on the past I guess, thinking about F&F type stuff.
We have here in Oz a ‘tall poppy syndrome’ been around forever. If you stand out, excell in something, successfull…others will want to ‘bring you back down to earth’. They’ve been teaching conformity for decades. I am appalled but not really surprised by the mass psychosis that is happening. Always had my own mind which always got me into trouble. So be it. Still holding the line unvaxxed in my job but for how long I do t know…ready for semiretirement anyway and will find something, always have. 🤣👍. Start sowing veg seeds next week.
Limiting the “the tall poppy” is how a lower standard is created… that is a bad way to live.
That is exactly what commies want… equally shittiness
There are two ways to have the tallest building in town. You can build it, or you can try tearing everyone else’s building down. Good luck with the second one.
Exactly the same here in Canada, we don’t like failure, but what we really hate is success. A pathetic society which deserves it’s fate.
I believe that’s called, “envy,” one of the deadly sins.
I have a very successful Mexican friend. He lives here now, legally. He said just yesterday the Mexican people have this very same mind set.
Only in America has this been lauded…. Celebrated but the Obama administration has continued to try and destroy this most American thing. And they are supported across all media/corporate advertising that ugly is now beautiful… because we cannot have nice things anymore—- everything that made us strong and great —- must be destroyed … it’s a planned destruction
plannwd demolition
WFB 3: I hope you will like that my husband’s closest friend immigrated from Mexico when he was 10. Built a very prosperous business and is now retiring with his kids taking over. He enjoys the success of all others and congratulates exceptionalism. So maybe Dave cancels out your guy. 🙂
Commies love every one to be “equal “.
Except for the ruling class
How I miss Rush Limbaugh, who advocated for individual excellence.
They seem to put their pro surfers on a pretty high pedestal
Lucky you can start sowing your veg seeds. I have to wait another 2 months!
I have always liked Auzzies and enjoyed working with them. But I must say I am terribly disappointed in them when it comes to how they handled COVID especially considering the vaccines don’t work and are dangerous. Given the number of professional athletes in good health who have dropped dead after taking the COVID vaccine I can fully understand why Djokovic doesn’t want to take it. It appears that the escaped Nazis after WWII did not go to South America but instead went and hid in the Australian Outback and their descendants have secretly taken over the government there and are using COVID as an excuse to institute the 4th Reich.
My husband is in a car club of tall poppies striving to be taller and faster. No problem for the group to drive their hot cars on a Saturday morning out for breakfast. It’s a guy thing so I prefer not to go but when I have to go, I watch people in the parking lot oogling the cars. I hear kids say, “I’m gonna get a car like that some day.” And of course the dad’s response is, “Well, you’ll have to work for it.” A beautiful thing.
It’s like the “getting ideas above your station” mentality the British used to have.
A hard assessment of us, but probably fair, much to my distress.
We’ve always prided ourselves on being an ‘egalitarian’ society, differentiating ourselves from the historic class structures of our British forebears and very quick to cut down perceived ‘tall poppies’ in our ranks.
Sadly, it has become clear over the last few years that the majority will choose shared mediocrity over the possibility of individual excellence. All except our self proclaimed, bubble living, elites of course.
There has been a cavalcade of celebrities, movie stars, politicians, sports people come and go from this country over the last 2 years, approvals always granted, restrictions waived or softened. In that context, Djokovic was certainly targeted.
Honesty of ones country and self are to be respected, thank you sir.
Aussies should not be too hard on themselves, but should understand that the Communists in their midst are using their tried and true political systems against them. The only thing separating us now is the US Constitution and its Second Amendment. But for that, the USA and Australia would be indistinguishable from each other about now. Our founders were geniuses guided by the hand of God.
That is why they are constantly attacked. People from outside of our countries who do not share the same values are the ones who sow the seeds of destruction. They push anything that is anti-American and pro communist. Our people, who’s ancestors conquered these lands need to recognize these people and cast them out of the temple so to speak.
2A is the only thing and the Obama administration is working hard behind the scenes to strip gun rights under rules about mental health & safety…
It doesn’t matter to those of us in the U.S. that have our share of weapons. Most of us will not separate ourselves from our weapons, though, I speak for myself.
Bla , bla , dictator commie Dan done a backroom deal, discrediting the boss pedo Morrison, they were probably arguing over who gets the next shipment of kiddies .
Pardon my cynicism, but I think there was plenty of grumbling about the previous celebrities being allowed in… but back then there wasn’t an election on the way, so the government didn’t benefit from doing anything about it.
Shared misery, it seems to this American. I always wanted to visit Australia, maybe even live there. Until the virus, that is. Australia is now at the bottom of the list, tied with New York. May The Force Be With You, mate.
Sorry, Sundance has missed the point. He has seen our situation through American eyes and that’s fair enough. However, it’s a misreading.
When our (Australian) Constitution was drawn up, we had the benefit of 100 years of experience of the US Constitution. We were in a position to take the best bits from a number of sources and cobble something that mostly suited us. Ours is not perfect. One of the things that the US has is separation of powers: legislature, judicature and executive. Except it doesn’t work spectacularly well because the legislature is actually two power centres. So Americans have (in the 1890s) four branches, and some imperfections that flow from that.
We adopted a modified Westminster system, often called Washminster because it incorporates some US ideas. In English style, our executive is embedded in our legislature: the majority in the lower house forms the executive. So no separation of powers there!! So what do we do?
To compensate for this weak separation of powers, the judiciary is determinedly very separate from the legislature!
So now we reach Sundance’s error. He correctly cited the Chief Justice of the Federal Court as placing great stress on the fact that the court was ruling on law and not on policy. But notice I’ve phrased it slightly differently (Sundance said, ‘To support the position of the government, Australian Chief Justice James Allsop stressed the court was ruling on the “lawfulness and legality” of the decision and not whether it was right or wrong to deport him’). This nuance is what Sundance has missed.
In Australia, it is all about law vs policy. Australian courts will not touch questions of policy – “that is a matter for the parliament” is a phrase you will see in judgment after judgment.
I think Djocovic should not have had his visa cancelled but there was nothing untoward about what the Federal Court did. They examined whether the Immigration Minister acted within the Immigration Act and they found that he did. Their attitude (“it’s a matter for the parliament”) is that if you don’t like the law, go convince your politicians to change it.
This system works well, mostly. Occasionally we have activist judges but most of the time we do not. I approve of not having activist judges.
Sundance is wrong . full F.ckem stop.
Forget about law v. policy, you Aussies have become sheep led to the slaughter. When the hell are you going to rise up and demand liberty, for crissakes? You are all prisoners!
A good point but, the overall point of Sundance to me was the fact that your government is more of a pure democracy than our republic which is more and more operated like a democracy unfortunately. In this, you share much with Europe which tends to have parliamentary forms of government which has shown a tendency to have much the same effect. All of you guys are more susceptible to mob rule and trampling the rights of the individual. Simply putting majority says so on something cannot make it right. Bad science continues forever when it gets government and/or majority approval.
No we’re not a democracy, we’re a monarchy, a parliamentary monarchy (technically, a “constitutional monarchy”). Our framers considered inserting a bill of rights but ultimately decided to rely on parliamentary sovereignty and trust in the rule of law. At that time, given that parliamentarians actually were more civic-minded than today, it wasn’t a bad decision. Both the US and Australian Constitutions assumed more good faith than is displayed today and thus both are struggling.
To posters taking potshots at us, I would remind you that you meekly allowed a bunch of thugs to steal your presidency. And fourteen months later, you’re still copping it up the arse. So perhaps don’t be so quick to judge?
Talk about about ‘copping it up the arse”, try reading websites like cairnsnews.org. Forget this whole “Djokovic” episode, is it true China runs one of your ports, and is it true NT’s pastoral range will fall to UN Agenda 2030 and “sustainability”? I think most people in both our countries cannot believe the now-open and rapid movement of the totalitarian forces that try men’s souls. Taking “potshots”, no, we’re just spreading the word so people can resist!
Both our countries have problems so there’s no point in either of us peoples having a go at the the other.
Yes, a Chinese company Landbridge did get a lease on part of the port in Darwin in 2015 from the Giles government in the Northern Territory (Gunner is chief minister now). Should never have happened. Recently, the Department of Defence found no national security risk to justify stripping Landbridge of the lease. Maybe it’s not so bad?? I would be more comfortable if no foreign company had any control in any of our ports.
The other thing is too nebulous to comment upon. I can only say that Big Ag is too big. Lots of our pastoral land is under the control of people I don’t trust.
“This system works well…” If you say so. Do your trains run on time? Do you have concentration camps in Australia, regardless of what you call them?
They forced you at gunpoint to give up your guns.
Who owns your politicians?
Are you subjects, or sovereign citizens?
OK, so you agree with the executioner when he performs his duty because it is all done according to the ‘law’.
No, I think Djocovic should have been allowed to stay. I believe in the separation of powers. I believe in non-activist judges. The minister abused his power in cancelling the visa.
Thank you for not reading what I have said before making your opinion.
“Our citizens love the policies we have enacted. We don’t want an interloper changing their minds.”……With love, Your Govt.
AND THAT MENTALITY followed them here…Just look at Cali!!!! All one needs to say!!!
Talk about an eye-opener!!!! Wowza!!!
Meanwhile their case count soars.
Bravo!
Yes, but they don’t have pesky “unvaxxed aliens” to interrupt their “social cohesion”.
Well as an Australian I am ashamed at the way our governments (at all levels) have handled not only this situation (Novak) but the whole covid19 debacle.
With only around 25 million people we have too many levels of government (federal, state, local) and the un-elected bureaucrats that come as part of the deal. These bureaucrats are the crux of the problem – they have too much (un-elected) power.
Also, people think vastly differently regarding politics, etc. depending on where they live. eg. City (latte’ sipping) people are generally big time lefties while country people tend to be more conservative. Unfortunately, governments set up the electoral boundaries that generally suit a win for a lefty member of parliament. There’s Sydney and there’s Melbourne and after that, there’s the rest of Australia (with some minor exceptions).
Anyway, I live in North Queensland and I am trying as hard as I can to act like covid19 hysteria does not exist. I talked with our staff early on in the (so-called) c19 vaccine mandate crap and let them know I would never ask them to receive a forced (experimental) medical procedure against their will, the decision was their own.
I feel sorry for the people that have been seduced by the non-stop fear based propaganda from the MSM, ably assisted by our governments.
I see similar differences between opinions amongst US citizens when I read comments on this wonderful website and appreciate how Americans “see” Australians.
But . . . please don’t think that Australians in general are represented by the recent disgraceful actions of our governments, many of us are absolutely livid – not all of us are tarred with the same brush.
Australia is a great western nation. They will get through this and be stronger after the people take back their country from those in control, just like the U.S.A We are cousins in this fight and must support each other just like we must support our European cousins.
They are a lost cause. Out efforts need to be focused at home or we will
In their hell shortly
We cannot let him stay…his ideas of Freedom and Personal privacy may spread around our people and give them the idea that they can think for themselves…
Those in power cannot allow thinking. It’s verboten!
Those attending the Australian Open pretending all is well are advancing the propaganda and lies.
The 2022 Australian Open will forever be remembered as having an illegitimate winner because Australia banned the #1 tennis player in the world. Shame on Australia!
Its the Vaxxed open … let the bodies hit the floor
https://xyz.net.au/2022/01/australian-open-tennis-players-dropping-like-flies/
Some tennis players dropping out of AO due to breathing issues.
Once again, the Right takes ‘due and copious note’ of the Left’s ACTION. The end result? Djokovic is deported, while the Right registers yet another… rhetorical aghastment. In like manner the Left are going steal the upcoming election. That’s why all talk of us being rescued at the next Quigley voting booth confab is gonna require a lot more lying to ourselves. How is it exactly that the Left deceives itself more than does the Right? On the contrary, the Left has a string of demonstrable victories to its credit over the last few years. Trump’s taken Fauci’s booster after all. Wow, the lies we have to tell ourselves would fill a WEF conference room.
As Truman Capote once said of Kerouac: “That’s not writing, that’s typing.” The same could be said of the interminably inflamed Patriot community. Typing, just typing, as a surrogate to self-determinative action.
Rescuing the Dutch a bit from SD’S description of them up here the other day (irony presumably not intended), at least their “skinny pant beta males” are out in the streets unlike of course their American alpha male counterparts. Who do we Americans think we are and who REALLY are we?
“at least their “skinny pant beta males” are out in the streets unlike of course their American alpha male counterparts.”
Help me get over the ‘hump’ of the 1/6 scenario played out w/people classified as insurgents/terrorists sitting in the DC gulag.
That Dutch fellow was super, and his fellow countrymen out in the streets, more power to them for sure.
Alpha’s here are flying planes, driving trucks, fixing heaters and ACs, fighting their bosses to provide therapeutics, running for school boards and state offices…they are out here in both genders. ‘Out in the streets’ can be figurative…
One person a threat to social cohesion? Only people who are on very shaky ground will make a claim like this. These are people who have built on sand and when the storm comes it will sweep their foundations from under them and all their superstructures will collapse.
It is when your idea of social cohesion is a population that knows its place, in the field with the other sheep.
Fyi, apparently Djokovic might be also banned from the French Open, as they have a law that only the vaccinated can enter sports arenas. From article in Dailymail.
Is everyone brain-dead?? The vaccines DO NOT prevent the spreading of the virus. The vaccines DO NOT reduce the symptoms of those who get the virus. The vaccines are only effective for 2-3 months, and are not that effective to begin with. The vaccines and the boosters are creating a 1-in-40 chance of an adverse reaction, including permanent disability and death. The vaccines degrade the vaccinated person’s immune systems, causing them to be more susceptible to other illnesses. The vaccinated are more likely to spread the virus to others due to increased viral loading from the vaccine. The vaccinated make up the majority of those hospitalized. And worst of all, the long-term effects of the vaccines are likely to trigger a variety of serious illnesses years into the future. WTF?
That and masks don’t work.
I fully support and pray for our Aussie brothers and sisters. They are engaged in the same fight against global tyranny that we are. We cannot trust the news outlets, so we must rely on Australians to inform us of what’s happening there.
May God bless us all, and help us in this war for His people everywhere. Commenters who foment division rather than unity go against what our Lord wants for us all.
This man, this tennis player, is not the problem. It seems Australia’s “social cohesion” is so tattered at this point, they may never recover. Absolute madness is at work, and not just Down Under!
Worth a watch.
Of course, anyone who refuses to bend to tyranny will always be a “threat to social cohesion.” Which is why it is our God-mandated duty to resist the usurpation of the rights only God can give and take away!
What Novak accomplished in highlighting the insane re-institution of Australia’s penal colony modus could not have been accomplished by you and me. And so, it was a good effort.
ONE tennis player could “destabilize Australian Government? That says it all, doesn’t it?
“Australian Open”?
Don’t think so!
We have a difficult enough time upholding a document that is the bedrock of our county in the USA…. can anyone imagine how it is living in a country that has NO real Constitution? News flash! The number of vaccinated people in the hospital with Omicron and Covid19 now outnumber the people that are not vaccinated!
He’s being removed because he is–and they state that he is–a political dissident.
This is the first time in sporting history than an athlete has been banned for NOT taking drugs.
Love it Uncle Grumpy: this is for you –
Good comment!
Sundance, Heavy hand…
It’s interesting that the Oz government freely admits that Australian social cohesion is so tenuous that one tennis player is capable of disrupting it. Granted, No-vax is one heck of a tennis player, but still…
Sundance, did you write this? It doesn’t sound like your “voice.”
With this culture, why does Australia want to host the Olympics?
It’s A Mistake
The world has gone mad. To anyone today who would isolate and only judge the German people of the 1930’s and beyond, take a look at yourselves. All have the potential towards such totalitarian evil.
Any other tennis player who participates in that tournament is a useless scumbag.
I have also lost absolutely all respect and admiration for australia and australian’s.
If nearly all of Australians have been inoculated why would they be afraid of Novak? I mean the shot protects them according to the pharmaceutical companies.
He had the disease, which means he had protective antibodies. He sure as heck did NOT need a worthless shot, which could kill him, like it has SO many athletes. These various Country Leaders are stupid!
WHAT social cohesion? Has the Australian government missed the societal mess it’s created?
major legal challenge(s) pending in AUssie to the death ‘jab’ ….
☞ ‘rmb’l lnk’
In a sickening but not unexpected bit of news, France is now saying Djokovic won’t be allowed at the French Open if he’s not vaccinated.
We are living in a truly twisted time.