CV and mad panic behaviour

[kruddler]

I know heaps of people now. Will be shocked if I don't have it by the end of the month.

I can't get my booster yet (another few weeks i think)
my kids can't get vaccinated yet.

going back to work/school (from holidays) is going to cause a lot of dramas.

[capcom]

We gave him an exemption, copped massive backlash as he was flying here then detained him for 10 hours before changing our minds. Laughing stock of the world.

Which government authority gave him an exemption?  THAT'S the question

[Baggers]

I know heaps of people now. Will be shocked if I don't have it by the end of the month.

When you factor in the number of folks who get C19 and are asymptomatic, plenty of us may have already had it and didn't know!

[Baggers]

Love Titus O'Reilly's
TWEET.

)  ) Love your work, Titus!

[madbluboy]

Which government authority gave him an exemption?  THAT'S the question

Federal and Victorian authorities reviewed all the applications. Problem is they're blind applications, they didn't know Novak's was approved till he announced it. Would have been interesting if he didn't announce it and just rocked up, might have got through.

[Mav]

Which government authority gave him an exemption?  THAT'S the question

No it isn't. AFAIK, the framework is that the Victorian Govt is responsible for determining whether people, including travellers, have permission to work in the State. The Federal Govt has the constitutional power and responsibility of regulating entry into Australia. The Federal Government has the power to refuse entry to someone who has a work permit in Victoria.

It appears there is a difference between the Victorian Govt's grounds for a medical exemption and those the Federal Govt recognises. The Victorian Govt accepts infection with Covid in the preceding 6 months as a ground for granting a medical exemption while the Federal Govt does not. Both Govts are entitled to their own standards.

The real question is why the Federal Govt didn't make this clear before Djokovic flew to Australia. It's not as though it his arrival is a surprise. The debate over whether Djokovic should be allowed to play has been going on for months. Surely, someone in the Ministry of Immigration could have been asked to look into the issue in the months before it culminated in his arrival. Maybe they're all flat out trying to keep asylum seekers in Nauru. 

PS: This is all a bit speculative as none of us knows exactly why Djokovic was given an exemption and why the Border Force decided his paperwork was out of order. I hope any Federal Court action will reveal exactly what went on and there are no restrictions preventing the press from reporting on it. 

[capcom]

He tried to get around the system ... and the Federal court should not help him.  Send him home.

[Mav]

If Djokovic was given a medical exemption based on infection with Covid over the preceding 6 months, I hope that claim was supported by clear medical evidence. I'll explode if it becomes apparent Djokovic was taken at his word that he tested positive on a self-administered RAT and he didn't see any doctors because he doesn't believe in that sciency stuff. There's no way avowed anti-vaxxers should be allowed to get away with "the dog ate my homework" excuses.

[capcom]

What annoys me even more is the Serbian President calling in the Australian ambassador.

Over a bl00dy tennis player?  Grow up.

[madbluboy]

What annoys me even more is the Serbian President calling in the Australian ambassador.

Over a bl00dy tennis player?  Grow up.

Well they said he could come and then locked him in a room for 10hrs.