The Serbian Council of Australia has lodged an official complaint with the Human Rights Commission over sports commentator Tony Jones’ recent comments about Novak Djokovic.
The Serbian Council of Australia has made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission over Tony Jones ’ recent comments about Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, calling for the sports commentator to be stood down.
“Welcome back to Melbourne Park, we can see the Novak Djokovic fans there in full voice, the chants are quite extraordinary,” Mr Jones said, before continuing on in a joking manner.“Well, I am glad they can’t hear me. Anyway, let’s get on to the tennis.” “For Australian-Serbs, the words ‘kick him out’ is akin to saying ‘kick the Serbs out of Australia’ because there is strong evidence of feelings of exclusion due to media reporting about Australian Serbs in the past.”
“So, since they’re official broadcasters, I chose not to give interviews for Channel Nine. I have nothing against Jim Courier or neither the Australian public.
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