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I’m hearing the Federal Immigration Minister will cancel the visa.

But it won’t end there.
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Yawn... what a complete disgrace... from start to finish.
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Government runs slow. Just ask the Bilo family or any other refugee caught up in the same system.
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I wonder if they are deliberately delaying the decision as a strategy to make it as hard as possible for Djokovic to appeal in court before the tournament begins.
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Azza wrote: January 13, 2022, 5:11 pm I wonder if they are deliberately delaying the decision as a strategy to make it as hard as possible for Djokovic to appeal in court before the tournament begins.
Here’s how it will play out Azza.

His visa will be cancelled.
His lawyers will file an injunction.
It will be heard in court next week.
Novak will be allowed to play..at least rnd 1 awaiting decision.
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First 2 steps are done.
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Well done Alex Hawke.

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What an absolute farce.
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This decision should be followed globally.

Novak will not travel around the world playing tennis until he is jabbed.

That’s the rule.
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Rare win for this government
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Yeah but it's a win achieved through complete and utter buffoonery. Guess that's fitting for ScoMo
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Azza wrote: January 14, 2022, 5:33 pm Yeah but it's a win achieved through complete and utter buffoonery. Guess that's fitting for ScoMo
Gotta take what you can get with these guys.
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Covad dcokavic still here? Why?

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Question wrote:Covad dcokavic still here? Why?

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It's now officially bye bye to Novax.
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Hit the bricks idiot
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That’s a bit rough. NR is a long serving and respected member of the Greenhouse…
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Good riddance. Piss off with him scomo, atrociously handled and we look terrible internationally.

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gangrenous wrote: January 16, 2022, 7:06 pm That’s a bit rough. NR is a long serving and respected member of the Greenhouse…
Noted.
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Yep. He can suffer in his Djoks.
Im really hoping Border Security was there to film the whole thing. That'd be the episode for the ages.
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Kyrgios is a bit of a wanker isn't he? But he's our wanker.
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gergreg wrote: January 20, 2022, 7:26 pm Kyrgios is a bit of a wanker isn't he? But he's our wanker.
There is something about the guy... playing a sport he clearly absolutely hates, because he's good enough at it to make a comfortable living, but being more invested in being a "character" rather than actually knuckling down and achieving all he can...

i mean, it's not a path i'd take, or advise anyone to take... but now we're here... i find him oddly compelling.
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I’m exactly the same Bot. I saw his stats against the top 4 players this week. It shows me if he actually cared, he could be one of the top players going around.

Djoker: 2 - 0
Medvedev: 2 - 0
Zverev: 4 - 3
Tsitsipas: 2 - 1

Pretty sure he has a winning % over Rafa as well
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one of the most naturally gifted tennis players, I don't think he hates the sport I think he hates the machine

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bonehead wrote:one of the most naturally gifted tennis players, I don't think he hates the sport I think he hates the machine

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He has got to where he is purely on natural ability and doesn't want to put in that extra 10 percent to be in that top 10 consistently. I remember reading similar about Tomic - he boasted about not giving a **** about the sport because he could cruise through it and earn a very decent living. Kyrgios is more talented than Tomic though but has a similar attitude.
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bonehead wrote: January 21, 2022, 6:41 am one of the most naturally gifted tennis players, I don't think he hates the sport I think he hates the machine

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I mean he might hate the machine as well but he's plainly said a few times that he just doesn't actually like the sport of tennis :lol:
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Botman wrote:
bonehead wrote: January 21, 2022, 6:41 am one of the most naturally gifted tennis players, I don't think he hates the sport I think he hates the machine

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I mean he might hate the machine as well but he's plainly said a few times that he just doesn't actually like the sport of tennis Image
in the past yes, more recently his comments have changed

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BARTYYYYY PARTAYYYYYY
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Incredible. Didn't think we'd have an aussie woman's champ in my lifetime haha.
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Congrats to Ashleigh Barty.

She gives all Australians a warm tingly feeling.

So humble, layed back yet on top of her game.
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Such a massive win for Australian tennis. Can really roll some momentum off this for the next few years.
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Surely I deserve a little credit?

For years I've held a significant amount of power over our Ash. Every single time a tune in she loses. She could be up 6 - 0, 5 - 0 (40 - love) and if I tune in... she loses. It's happened too often for it to just be a coincidence. So tonight as soon as Collins broke her serve, early in that second set I turned it off. I'm sure she noted it in her post match press conference.
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I’m the anti-gerg then because I watched the first set and then left and came back when she was 5-1 down in the second
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Meh. Wests Tigers fan.
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gergreg wrote: January 29, 2022, 9:26 pm Surely I deserve a little credit?

For years I've held a significant amount of power over our Ash. Every single time a tune in she loses. She could be up 6 - 0, 5 - 0 (40 - love) and if I tune in... she loses. It's happened too often for it to just be a coincidence. So tonight as soon as Collins broke her serve, early in that second set I turned it off. I'm sure she noted it in her post match press conference.
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