Novak Djokovic appeals in court docket towards cancellation of Australian visa – reside updates | Sport

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

The listening to can 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 lodge known as Park Resort in Melbourne’s north.

In that lodge are over 30 asylum seekers who had been transferred to Australia from our offshore detention system for medical therapy a number of years in the past. The boys 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 lodge up to now few days hoping to convey consideration to the plight of the asylum seekers, given the large world deal with Djokovic.

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

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

Yow will discover the submissions for the varied events on-line right 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 optimistic on 16 December, and this optimistic check consequence 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 may be deferred for as much as six months because of a Covid-19 an infection.
• He argues, due to this fact, it’s illogical that the federal government now argues that current Covid-19 an infection just isn’t 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 might converse to his legal professionals 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 in the course of 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 persons are in a position to be vaccinated towards 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 might 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 towards the cancellation of his Australian visa forward of the Australian Open.

I’m Josh Taylor and I can 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 legal professionals and the federal authorities when you are ready, however I can be going by means of 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 right here, however a reminder that recording, images or broadcasting of the listening to just isn’t permitted.

Late on Sunday the court docket issued a brand new hyperlink, which means it will likely 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.