These are decisive hours for the future of Novak Djokovic in Australia. Eight days after the first cancellation of your visa, which prevented your participation in the Australian Open, the Minister of Immigration Alex Hawke He again withdrawn the visa to the number 1 in world tennis and it seemed that his deportation was a fact. But after an emergency hearing between the player’s lawyers and the judge Anthony Kelly, the Serbian tennis player has won a couple more hours to define his future: this Saturday he will have an appointment with immigration officials that will be key. Follow live everything that happens minute by minute in local time (GMT +11).
11:11 PM: THE SESSION RESUMED
The court has returned after a second break and Judge Anthony Kelly will let the parties agree on where Djokovic will be detained or interviewed.
10:58 PM: DJOKOVIC’S LAWYERS FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY
Nick Wood, asked that Djokovic be detained in a place other than the immigration office, arguing that they fear for his safety and the possibility that a “media circus” will be generated at the place of the interview he will have with the officials of immigration. However, Judge Anthony Kelly responded that that should have caught his attention earlier.
Stephen Lloyd, the immigration minister’s lawyer, said the parties could agree on the terms of the tennis star’s detention. Judge Kelly disengaged from the negotiation between the parties and put the session on pause again.
10:49 PM: THE JUDGE ORDERED NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO REMAIN IN AUSTRALIA
Judge Kelly ordered border officials not to expel Novak Djokovic from Australia while his case is ongoing. According to the magistrate’s words, Djokovic may be detained by immigration officials after his interview this Saturday morning (8 AM local time).
Djokovic will be allowed to stay with his lawyers while they prepare the documents to be presented tomorrow and there will be another hearing on Sunday morning in Australian Federal Court.
22:43: THE SESSION RESUMED
Judge Anthony Kelly has returned from the break and has begun reading his verdict.
22:03: THE HEARING WAS PAUSE
While Novak Djokovic’s legal team tries to prevent the world tennis star from being detained again at an immigrant hotel, the Court has suspended the session for a short time. Nicholas Wood, the attorney leading the defense of Nole, is bidding to be with his client during his next appointment with immigration officials and for the Serbian tennis player to be able to spend the night in his “residential premises”.
However, the immigration minister’s attorney, Stephen Lloyd, said Border Force officials plan to re-arrest Djokovic this Saturday. Everything indicates that after the immigration interview, Djokovic would remain in the office with his lawyer until he was re-arrested and taken back to court on Sunday.
Djokovic’s lawyers said they will present their documents at noon tomorrow.
21:48: THE ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENSE OF DJOKOVIC
Djokovic’s lawyer has advanced what are the reasons why they could challenge the cancellation of the visa. Nick Wood told the court that Minister Alex Hawke justified the cancellation of Djokovic’s visa because his stay in Australia could arouse anti-vaccine sentiment.
The tennis player’s defense claims that Hawke had chosen to “remove a man of good repute” from Australia and “hurt” his career because of Djokovic’s comments about vaccination in 2020. “There is no rational basis to say that the decision he makes is to try to minimize anti-vaccine sentiment,” he argued.
21:40: DJOKOVIC WILL NOT BE ARRESTED TONIGHT OR EXPELLED FROM AUSTRALIA
Lawyers for Immigration Minister Alex Hawke agreed not to deport Novak Djokovic from Australia until court proceedings are completed or the case is transferred to another court. Stephen Lloyd also said that Djokovic would not be detained tonight before the appointment with immigration officials that will be this Saturday morning.
9:18 PM: DJOKOVIC’S LAWYERS SEEK HIS RELEASE
Nick Wood, one of Djokovic’s attorneys, told the Court that they seek to seek redress regarding the decision to cancel his visa, a court order preventing his removal from Australia and also an order for his release from detention as immigrant. Wood told Judge Kelly that his legal team can file a formal origin application with the court before 10:15 p.m. tonight. He stressed that “time is precious” given that the Australian Open starts next Monday.
The tennis player’s lawyer also said that an Australian government lawyer informed his legal team that they plan to send Djokovic back to an immigration detention center.
8:54 PM: JUDGE KELLY REVIEWS THE EVENT WITH DJOKOVIC
Judge Kelly is reviewing the proceedings with attorneys for both parties. Stephen Lloyd appears alongside Christopher Tran on the side of the Australian Immigration Ministry; while Nick Wood and Paul Holdenson act again as Novak Djokovic’s defender.
20:52: THE HEARING BEGAN
The hearing before Judge Anthony Kelly has begun.
8:27 PM: THERE WILL BE A HEARING FOR THE “DJOKOVIC CASE” TONIGHT
After the world number 1 received the news of a new cancellation of his visa, the Federal Circuit Court reported that a hearing will be held at 8:45 p.m. local time to resolve the case. The court will broadcast the hearing live from its YouTube channel. Judge Anthony Kelly, who oversaw the first annulment of the US visa Nole, will preside over the hearing.
5:52 PM: DJOKOVIC’S VISA WAS CANCELED AGAIN
Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke canceled the visa of the world’s number 1 tennis player, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, on Friday, which led to his deportation. “Today I have exercised my powers under section 133C (3) of the Migration Act to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa for health and public order, considering that it is in the public interest,” Hawke said in a statement.
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