Victoria will not seek exemptions for unvaccinated tennis players to enter the state from overseas to take part in the Australian Open, putting Novak Djokovic's participation under a cloud.
His comments come after Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged the possibility of unvaccinated players being able to travel to Australia for the January tournament, provided they complete 14 days of hotel quarantine. Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the men's singles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne, 21 February, 2021.Mr Morrison's comments contradict those made by his immigration minister Alex Hawke, who last week said athletes would need to be double-vaccinated to enter the country.
"I don't think it would be very fair to have ten of thousands of Victorians and others who come here because they are vaccinated queuing up to get the green tick to get into Melbourne Park and having other players who are not vaccinated just walking straight in," he said.A vaccination mandate also came into effect in Victoria on 15 October, which includes professional athletes.
Simple, move the open to Sydney
BeattieNgiare Good. Either get immunised or don’t play.
Australia won't even let fully vaccinated citizens back in!!! 😭🤬💔 Hypocrisy auspol bringaussieshome strandedaussies
Good. It's the only reasonable thing to do.
If Novak or anybody else is allowed in unvaccinated then I will not condemn those idiots who choose to walk the streets unvaxxed & without a mask. Apply the law equitably, not selectively
Good!
Andrews arrogantly presumes to tell high profile players to get vaccinated. Elite athletes take better care of their bodies than most & therefore pose close to zero risk to Victorians. Life is not risk free. Andrews has lost sight of the bigger picture & is destroying this state.
What’s the SCIENCE to support this position? COVID vaccine only protects the vaccinated, so let those who won’t (or can’t) get the jab, live along side those who are vaccinated. We’ve had a gut full of the politicisation of COVID rules, restrictions & mandates. Dan’s got to go.
The dictatorship ready decided, in a democratic country
Seems Scott Morrison gave the kiss of death again. ☠
Fair enough! For once I agree with you on that issue.
I just love this. That little hint of pettiness is superb!
Are fully vaccinated protected? Are protected afraid of non protected? The truth is simple: this vaccine is a human disaster
Defund MSM! Israel defines 2 jabs not vaccinated! Boosters 3.4.5.6.7.8…..you are never fully vaccinated! Vaccinated are still infectious and be infected! COVID vaccination is mass surveillance and depopulation, the door to modern slavery! Time for alternate treatments!
What about aged care still in lockdown
But allows unvaccinated people to use retail this Friday....that's way more dangerous than unvaccinated tennis players
First time the gov is been just with everyone as equals!!!!
So basically Dan Andrews doesn't want give a special treatment to VIP ?
Any news on the proposed pandemic legislation?
Go Dan
Madness, people COVID free are treated like criminals because not vaccinated ?
This guy is a troll
Try to resist turning yourselves into the Herald Sun with your biased photo choices
PM wants to play both sides of the fence never stands up for anything it’s embarrassing Honestly he is not a leader He does not see the bigger picture at all
Totally agree with him Pity Morrison never leads and never will Mixed messages from the feds has not helped ppl get vaccinated
I admire elite sports people… but please play the game…
Yes 👏🏻👏🏻 we dont want egocentrick unvaxxed tennis players. Thank u DanielAndrewsMP 🥰
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Good, does that mean we don't have to hear Bernard Tomic's GF complain about 'Hotel corrantine', (botox makes 'q' unpronounceable
We don’t need more conspiracy theorist or anti vaccine tennis players here, we already have enough of our own
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Everyone entering Australia should have to be fully vaccinated!!! The government expects us to be fully vaccinated!!!ScottMorrisonMP DjokerNole STAY IN YOUR COUNTRY.
Too bloody right. Keep’em out!!!!
Totally expected from a Leader with his responsibilities clearly aligned to his State’s welfare…good for him ! Take a leaf Morrison et al !
Well done, Premier Andrews. COVID-19 like any pandemic requires a state-level response.
What he said was Vic govt would not apply to the federal govt for an exemption for the players. An exemption process they just out in place to avoid scrutiny over permission of unvaccinated workers.
But he accepts refugees that refuse to take the vaccine
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denniallen I suppose Novaxx Djocovid will be having his usual whinge.
19maddie08 DanielAndrews….. a Leader who actually sticks to his word… AND leads! ISupportDan
Excellent. They’re not special.
Shoaibalishah5A
Great leadership!!! IStandWithDan
Thanks Dan, for being a leader.
Good. Can't demand spectators, ball kids, staff be double vaxxed...then let some elite 'I refuse to tell' arrogant tennis player in. There are plenty of other elite tennis players double vaxxed...it will give someone else a chance to win the Open. auspol MSM AusOpen
So, this means in the next few years Victorians will also miss out on seeing performances by their favourite artists, musicians, comedians, etc if they refuse vaccination or come from a country that offers freedom of choice?
Great News! NoVaxNoPlay Shame you took so long picking out that terrible photo.
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Because we need to prioritise hotel quarantine for returning Australians…
MSMWatchdog2013 So, getting covid antibody from the virus itself (Novak and Daniil) isn’t as good as 2 doses of covid vaccines? 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I didn’t know that at all.
Isn’t that zero-value-add shit-fight between states and Canberra hugely annoying? At the taxpayer expense, mind you. We pay these clowns their salaries.
Honestly with the anguish Victorian's have been through is that not fair enough?
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Good. Only decent decision he’s made in 2 years the fck
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Great news so no double standards here
Brilliant man. Well done DanielAndrewsMP it's all for one and none at all.
will that be 2 shots or 3 shots, maybe we will need 4 shots by then.
Stupid fucking game anyway
Dan answers the hard questions, with no word salad answers.
The red state of chairmen Dan DictatorDan
Dictator Dan… this disease has a .17% death rate. Majority of people will be fine, but let’s mandate a vaccine and not discuss early intervention shall we. Further dividing our society, where the unvaccinated are seen as the problem while the vaccinated spread the virus. 🥰
So, it’s left to Dan (&otherstates), after hospital pass from feds, to deliver the minimum requirement which we, the people are expected to comply with according to health advice. How gutless is the Scott govt!
Good decision
Narrative changes every day
Could you have chosen a more unflattering photo? Just the news no opinion huh..
I wish Dan would stop this nonsense I am beginning to like him as well as voted him in for policies
Good news.
Why should you artificially vax if you’ve gotten immunity the old fashioned way.
chairman andrews.who donyou think you are?
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Entirely the right and proper decision. Well done to the Premier.
Based and redpilled position.
This is great. WA is not allowing unvaccinated Australians. Then why should we Victorians take unvaccinated foreigners?
NO JAB NO ENTRY!!! If they have a medical reasons why they couldn’t get the jab, it’s different but if it’s to do with anti vaxxers NO ENTRY!! ⛔️
Yes!
Do you have a problem with that SBS? I don't!
Can see this is going to turn into a Dan v Scummo story where in actual fact it was Liberal minister Alex Hawke MP who publicly made this ruling.
Over to you Dom_Perrottet + your open to win! AusOpen
If any had been given permission to enter the country then the state unvaccinated in the face of every hardship all Victorians & Australians have been through CONTRARY to every health message & direction we’ve been forced to endure then this country stands for NOTHING ZIP ZERO
Thanks for the clarification. This is now blatantly unscientific.
Good! ...Just wish he'd said so a couple of days ago.
bravo!
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