Novak Djokovic’s Australian visa has again been cancelled just days before the start of the Australian Open.
On Friday, 14 January, 2022, the Australian immigration minister, Alex Hawke, exercised a personal power to cancel Djokovic’s visa, likely to result in the world No 1’s deportation and putting him out of contention for the grand slam tournament barring an against-the-odds court victory.
The decision follows comments from the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, on Thursday, 13 January, 2022 that he expects authorities to apply the policies of the government that non-citizen non-residents must be double vaccinated or have an acceptable medical exemption.