Novak Djokovic will be deported if he has lied - Australian deputy PM
Novak Djokovic, who had travelled to play in the Australian Open, is in immigration detention in Australia after his entry was denied. The player, who has said he is opposed to vaccination, had been granted a medical exemption to play in the tournament in Melbourne for unspecified reasons, a decision that infuriated many Australians.
World number one men's tennis player Novak Djokovic should be deported if he has not told the truth about his exemption from vaccination rules, the Australian deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says. Rich people "can't wander around the world thinking... they are above the laws".
"If he hasn't filled out the forms appropriately, then he's taking the sovereign capacity of another nation for a joke."
Photo: Novak Djokovic plays a match at Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada Credit: Getty Images
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