Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has responded to the Novak Djokovic saga, saying he thinks the unvaccinated should not be allowed into Australia.
“I stand by our comments. I was asked the question, would we be asking the Commonwealth government to exempt certain people from the requirement to be vaccinated, no, that was the answer then, that is the answer now,” he said during a press conference on Tuesday.Stream the latest news on COVID-19 with Flash. Stream more than 20 global & local news sources. New to Flash? Try 14 days free now
“I don't issue visas, the Commonwealth government does that. There's a court ruling, whether that's appealed is a matter for the Commonwealth government.” However, the visa decision was quashed yesterday in federal Court by Judge Anthony Kelly after he ruled the cancellation “unreasonable” under section 116 of the Migration Act – given the conditions in which the World No. 1 was informed of the issues with his visa.
In a statement released on Monday a spokesperson for Mr Hawke said it was within his “discretion to consider cancelling Mr Djokovic’s visa under his personal power of cancellation within section 133C of the Migration Act”.Section 133C states the Minister has the power to cancel a person’s visa if he is “satisfied” a ground for cancelling the visa exists under section 116 and the Minister “is satisfied that it would be in the public interest to cancel the visa".