澳網前執行長：囧是政治鬥爭下的犧牲品 - 網球 Tennis

Novak Djokovic seeks injunction against deportation from Australia
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看到金融時報的報導，擷取比較重點的幾段

Tennis Australia has argued that the exemption was approved by two committees
of medical professionals — one appointed by a tennis body and another by Vict
oria’s department of health — but it was not known on what grounds Djokovicw
as successful.

澳洲網協說給囧醫療豁免是經過兩個委員會核准的，一個是網協指定的，另一個則是維多
利亞州的衛生部所指派的。但沒有人知道囧的醫療豁免是根據什麼來核准的。

Reasons for an exemption could include proof of an adverse reaction to Covid v
accines or recent major surgery. A test proving an infection within the past s
ix months, seen as a potential avenue for unvaccinated travellers to obtain an
exemption, is not an adequate reason, according to the Australian government.

醫療豁免可以是對打疫苗有不良反應，或是近期動過大手術等。但六個月內曾經感染過，
並不被澳洲政府承認可以因而豁免不用打疫苗入境。

Australia opened its borders to fully vaccinated non-citizens in mid-December.
Djokovic would have qualified for a visa used for sports professionals, but h
e would still have had to comply with strict vaccination rules to enter the co
untry.

這段有點奇妙，它寫說囧適用於發給運動選手的簽證，但囧還是需要遵守打疫苗才可入境
的規定。

Paul McNamee, a former chief executive of the Australian Open and men’s tenni
s champion, said that the world number one had been made a “victim” of a pol
itical dispute between the national and Victorian state governments, and the e
ffort to deport him could undermine confidence in the Open.

澳網前執行長說囧是聯邦政府跟維州州政府政治鬥爭下的犧牲品。

Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister, said visitors were still welcome
but they needed to comply with the country’s Covid policies. He denied Djokov
ic had been “singled out”.

澳洲總理說歡迎旅客來澳洲，但他們必須遵守防疫規定。總理否認說故意針對囧。

Tennis Australia has said that a handful of players were given exemptions to p
lay, raising accusations that Djokovic was being used as a political scapegoat
. Morrison dismissed that suggestion, and argued that the people who posted on
social media or elsewhere about their travel status “draw significant attent
ion to themselves”.

澳洲網協表示也有其他選手獲得醫療豁免，讓囧其實是政治鬥爭的代罪羔羊的指控升溫。
澳洲總理則不認同那種說法，強調那種把自己的旅遊狀態po在社群媒體上的人，他們本來
就要承受更多的關注。

“Anyone who does that — whether you’re a celebrity, a politician, a tennis
player, a journalist — whoever does that, they can expect to be asked questio
ns more than others. That’s how the Border Force works,” he said.

總理說，不管是名人、政治人物、網球選手、記者，只要他們做了那樣的事（po在社群媒
體），他們都要預期會因此被邊境管制的人盯上。




我不太熟澳洲政治，但看起來聯邦政府是自由黨的，然後維州政府是工黨的，所以囧的事
件有人延伸成政治鬥爭，好像算解釋得通？

我有問我澳洲朋友的感想，她說雖然她討厭囧，但囧被卡在邊境，她覺得是政治動作啦。

搭配這篇報導裡總理說的話，感覺澳洲的邊境管制一般應該是不會特別刁難入境的人，不
會到去仔細check相關證明，但囧太高調po文，所以才會上演現在這齣卡在機場的戲？

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