Novak Djokovic faces deportation after Australian government revokes his visa for a second time | Tennis News


Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title defence looks to be over

Novak Djokovic faces deportation after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time, three days away from the start of the 2022 Australian Open. 

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke released a statement just before 7am UK time explaining that his decision to cancel the men’s world number one’s visa was made “in the public interest”, but Djokovic’s legal team have since submitted a request for an injunction, delaying his deportation.

The nine-time Australian Open winner will not be detained or deported overnight, although he will be under detention on Saturday morning when he attends the office of his lawyers ahead of the hearing on Sunday morning.

The 34-year-old was included in Thursday’s first-round draw, amid uncertainty over whether he would remain in the country, and Djokovic must now anxiously await a ruling to find out whether he can pursue his 21st Grand Slam title against unseeded Serb Miomir Kecmanovic on Monday.

Hawke said: “Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so.

Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an 'error of judgement' by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

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Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an ‘error of judgement’ by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

Novak Djokovic has admitted to making an ‘error of judgement’ by attending an interview and photoshoot with a French newspaper after testing positive for Covid-19 last month

“The decision followed orders by the Federal Circuit and Family Court on 10 January 2022, quashing a prior cancellation decision on procedural fairness grounds.

“In making this decision, I carefully considered information

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Dr. Michelle McMacken Appointed Government Director of Nourishment and Way of life Drugs

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Michelle McMacken, MD, Facp, Dipablm Appointed Government Director of Nutrition and Life style Medicine for NYC Wellbeing + Hospitals

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Dr. McMacken will lead procedure-vast endeavours to strengthen nourishment and life-style schooling for clients and well being treatment industry experts, and progress accessibility to nutritious foodstuff and plant-based foods for patients

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NYC Overall health + Hospitals nowadays declared the appointment of Michelle McMacken, MD, FACP, DipABLM as Executive Director of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine for the technique. In this freshly produced role, Dr. McMacken will direct method-huge initiatives to progress nutrition and way of living instruction for sufferers and health care gurus, and boost patients’ entry to wholesome food items and plant-based mostly meals. She will also assist increase focused life-style medicine services to assist constructive behavior adjustments, this kind of as improved food plan, physical exercise, sleep, worry reduction, avoidance of dangerous substances, and social relationship to lower chronic disease risks.

This get the job done will create on Dr. McMacken’s operate with the Plant-Dependent Way of life Medication Plan introduced in 2019 at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue with the advocacy of then-Brooklyn Borough President and our new mayor, Eric Adams. Dr. McMacken will proceed to apply in the NYC Overall health + Hospitals/Bellevue Adult Key Care Centre.

“Dr. McMacken is a trailblazer who knows how to get stuff finished. She appreciates the energy of way of living drugs to reverse continual ailments, rework life, and fight generations-extended health and fitness inequities. I am proud about the revolutionary get the job done she has been undertaking at Bellevue, and it is genuinely enjoyable to see her increase her mission to all our NYC Well being + Hospitals facilities in this new job,” mentioned Mayor Eric Adams.

“Healthful way of living habits, specifically nutrition, can

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