Scott Morrison said the government’s push to remove the tennis star from the country had been made “on health, safety and good order grounds”.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, have said the decision to deport tennis star Novak Djokovic was made to keep Australia’s borders strong and to protect social cohesion.
“Strong borders are fundamental to the Australian way of life, as is the rule of law. Our government has always understood this and has been prepared to take the decisions and actions necessary to protect the integrity of our borders,” he said. “To date around 43 million vaccination doses have been administered in Australia and more than 91.6 per cent of Australians aged 16 years and over are fully vaccinated,” he said. “Accordingly, Australia has been able to commence a step-by-step, safe reopening of its international border as a result of this successful vaccination program.”
“Thank you to the Australian people as I am sure they love Serbs. They think they have humiliated Djokovic, but they have humiliated themselves and he can return to his country and look everyone in the eyes with his head held high,” Mr Vucic said.
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