Australian government admits Djokovic's visa was approved by human, not computer

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Exactly one month has passed since Novak Djokovic lost the dispute in a court in Australia, and was deported because Minister Alex Hawke decided to cancel the Serbian tennis player's visa. Even after a month, not all the details of this saga have been revealed, while some new question is getting answered every day. The latest information is that the original visa for our tennis player was approved by a human, not a computer.

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This was confirmed to a parliamentary committee, as officials of the Department of Home Affairs, including Michael Pezzullio, faced many issues and topics in the Senate, where that of coronavirus and Novak Djokovic and his entire situation was on the agenda, that is, the approving and revoking his visa within just 10 days.

Labor spokeswoman Kristina Keneally asked during the session why the Serbian tennis player was not on the list of movement moniotring, considering that "his position on vaccination is well known."

The department official replied to this question by saying that would not have made any difference but acknowledged that it was a condition for officials to consider whether the character test for visa applicants had been met or not, before making a decision to issue a visa. By which he himself confirmed that Djokovic's visa was originally confirmed by people, not computers.

However, the whole topic does not end here, and the coming period will bring more questions about the entire situation.

A court first sided Djokovic, confirming the visa for the best player in the world, and he started training in Australia. Later, Minister of Immigration Alex Hawke decided to use his discretion and cancel the visa because, as he said, Novak was a threat to others and there was concern that many people might follow in his footsteps and refuse to be vaccinated.

(Telegraf.rs)