Novak Djokovic appeals in court docket in opposition to cancellation of Australian visa – reside updates

And we’re struggling to get the reside feed to work. Standby.

The listening to shall be getting underway in about 5 minutes. I’m eagerly refreshing the reside feed and hoping it holds out.

For the time being, the 34-year-old tennis primary is being held at a quarantine resort referred to as Park Lodge in Melbourne’s north.

In that resort are over 30 asylum seekers who have been transferred to Australia from our offshore detention system for medical therapy just a few years in the past. The lads have been held in Australia’s immigration detention system for round 9 years.

Protesters in assist of the asylum seekers have been holding vigils exterior of the resort up to now few days hoping to deliver consideration to the plight of the asylum seekers, given the huge international deal with Djokovic.

The ABC confirmed footage earlier this morning of among the protesters being arrested by police, however it’s unclear what for.

My colleague Cait Kelly is on the bottom exterior the resort, so we’ll hopefully have some updates quickly.

You will discover the submissions for the various parties online here.

Right here’s a abstract of what Novak Djokovic is claiming in court docket about why he believes the federal government made an error in cancelling his visa:

• The Institute of Public Well being in Serbia recorded Djokovic was Covid-19 constructive on 16 December, and this constructive take a look at end result shaped the premise of the medical exemption he acquired from Tennis Australia and the Victorian authorities on 30 December.
• Djokovic argues he depends on the recommendation of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisations, which mentioned vaccination will be deferred for as much as six months on account of a Covid-19 an infection.
• He argues, due to this fact, it’s illogical that the federal government now argues that latest Covid-19 an infection shouldn’t be a grounds for medical exemption from vaccination.
• He’s additionally arguing he was denied procedural equity in not being given extra time between given the discover of the intent to cancel his visa at 4am on 6 January, and when it was cancelled at 7.42am. He wished to attend till he may converse to his attorneys at 8am.

The federal government has argued:

• That granting such a wait would quantity to a procedural filibuster given Djokovic had given a response about his software throughout the interviews within the morning.
• The Atagi recommendation on vaccination exemption must be learn with a December information on vaccination put out by Atagi which states that individuals are in a position to be vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19 after recovering from acute main medical sickness from Covid-19, and says “the proof is that the applicant has recovered”.
• If the court docket grants Djokovic a win, the federal government may as soon as once more cancel his visa and detain him.

Good morning from Melbourne, and welcome to our reside weblog of tennis primary Novak Djokovic’s enchantment in court docket in opposition to the cancellation of his Australian visa forward of the Australian Open.

I’m Josh Taylor and I shall be bringing you all of the updates from the court docket reside stream.

The listening to will kick off at 10am AEST in Melbourne, which is 11pm GMT or 6pm EST.

You possibly can learn our most up-to-date tales on the submissions to the court docket from Djokovic’s lawyers and the federal government while you’re ready, however I shall be going via these in additional element in a minute.

If you wish to watch the reside stream your self, it is possible for you to to view it here, however a reminder that recording, images or broadcasting of the listening to shouldn’t be permitted.

Late on Sunday the court docket issued a brand new hyperlink, which means will probably be view-only for the general public, thereby avoiding the mess of each participant with the ability to use their digicam and microphone, which might have made the listening to a catastrophe.