Chief Justice James Allsop stressed the court was ruling on the lawfulness and legality of the decision to deport Djokovic, not whether it was the right decision.
"It is no part of the function of the court to decide upon the merits or wisdom of the decision," the judge said.
The Minister for Home Affairs, Alex Hawke, used his powers under the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so.
There was apparently a fear that Novak would endanger “health and good order” by opposing mandatory vaccination laws in Australia.
So the court ruled that the Home Affairs Minister had the power to do what he did and had exercised that power in accordance with the law.
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, Alex Hawke, has acted against the interests of Australians by failing to uphold the ideals of free speech. When Australians sing their national anthem they claim to be free. What does freedom mean if it doesn’t incorporate the right to oppose mandatory vaccination.
After all, the prime minister of Australia claims to be opposed to mandatory vaccination under most circumstances. Alex Hawke’s reasoning could suggest that the prime minister should also be deported.
Novak has no history of anti-vax campaigning. None. Nada. He should have the right to have an opinion of course and to express it, but he never did. When pressed repeatedly by journalists, he merely asserted his right to his body. Overseas, especially in America, there are many intellectuals and doctors who have expressed anti-compulsion, even anti-vax views. And so many Australians have, too.
This is a case of "Visa Cancelled because of Your Implied Medical Opinion."