No-vax Djokovic vs. Australian immigration
On Monday, world tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic won a legal battle to stay in Australia and defend his title at the Australian Open \u2014 for now. The unvaccinated player's visa was revoked when he arrived at the border despite a vaccine exemption granted by Tennis Australia. \n\nHis visa was ultimately reinstated but Australia\u2019s immigration minister reserves the power to overturn that decision, revoke his visa and kick him out. If deported, Djokovic could be banned from Australia for up to three years. \n\nDjokovic\u2019s personal stance as \u201canti-vaccine\u201d isn\u2019t winning him any friends in a country hit hard by the pandemic, with strict vaccine protocols and seemingly endless COVID-19 lockdowns. \n\nToday on Front Burner, we\u2019re talking to Canberra-based journalist Kishor Napier-Raman on how the tennis star\u2019s decision to stay unvaccinated has turned into a massive political headache for the Australian government and has triggered a fierce debate about whether he should be allowed to stay.