Tennis star Novak Djokovic will be detained again by Australian authorities on Saturday before a federal court hearing his stay-at-home case.
The decision was taken during an emergency hearing before Judge Anthony Kelly in Federal Circuit and Family Court on Friday following a decision by Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke. decision to cancel Djokovic’s visa for the second time
The tennis star will be interviewed by the Australian Border Force at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday (4 p.m. Friday) at an undisclosed location in case “consensus between the parties”.
At that point, Djokovic will be officially detained by two Border Force officers and taken to his attorney’s office while his case is heard in federal court.
The location that Djokovic will be met by border officials to keep the tennis star safe and stop the “media circus” remains a secret.
“We have real concerns about security and a potential media circus,” Djokovic’s barrister Nick Wood told the court.
Novak Djokovic v. Minister of Immigration, as the case file is known, was officially transferred from the Federal Circuit Court to the Federal Court of Australia late Friday local time.
Justice David O’Callaghan will now oversee the case, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Saturday at 10:15 a.m. local time (6:15 p.m. Friday).
Wood told the court that the immigration minister had used his personal power to revoke the 34-year-old’s visa on the grounds that it would “stigate anti-vax sentiment” if he stayed in Australia. A fundamentally different approach”. Government’s argument.
“The underlying new argument is not a direct risk to others, it is that Mr Djokovic is in Australia, particularly in Melbourne, that being here would stimulate anti-Vax sentiment. that’s the point. A fundamentally different approach,” Wood said.
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