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Jan 6, 2022, 9 tweets

Australian Open: how to get a vaccine exemption.

#AFPgraphics factfile on Covid-19 vaccine exemptions for people participating at the #AustralianOpen tennis tournament.

Novak Djokovic received a medical exemption but has now had his entry visa to Australia cancelled

Australia vows to deport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic.

Australian PM Morrison says the vaccine-sceptic Serb could not provide evidence of double vaccination or a medical exemption when he arrived in Melbourne

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#BREAKING Djokovic launches court bid against Australia deportation: officials

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic is fighting against deportation from Australia after the government revoked his visa for failing to meet Covid vaccine-entry requirements.

He is currently being held at an immigration detention facility in Melbourne

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VIDEO: Rules are rules: Australian PM backs cancellation of Djokovic's visa.

Scott Morrison says the same rules apply to all travellers and Novak Djokovic couldn't provide evidence to support why he should be granted exemptions from vaccine mandates on international arrivals

#BREAKING Australia will not immediately deport tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, a government lawyer tells a court hearing Thursday. The star remains in immigration detention

Nadal says Djokovic knew the risks: 'He made his own decisions'

"The only for me clear thing is if you are vaccinated, you can play in the Australian Open and everywhere, and the world in my opinion have been suffering enough to not follow the rules"

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Graphic on Novak Djokovic's covid vaccination and immigration controversy at Melbourne
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#UPDATE Novak Djokovic is a victim of a 'political witch hunt' claimed Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday after Australian authorities said he failed to meet stringent pandemic entry requirements
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