https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-breaking-news-today-live-coronavirus-updates-and-latest-omicron-headlines-january-13-2022-covid-djokovic-australian-open/bb641b0b-202f-4c75-a7ee-80b31c8f56a8Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the rules must apply to Novak Djokovic, as a decision on the tennis star's future looms ever closer.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke is able to revoke Djokovic's visa, despite a court decision allowing him to stay in the country.
Mr Joyce said he would not attempt to pre-empt Mr Hawke's decision – but he made his own views clear.
"Obviously most of us thought because Mr Djokovic hadn't been vaxxed twice, he'd be asked to leave," he told Today.
"The vast majority of Australians didn't like the idea that another individual, whether they're a tennis player or the King of Spain or the Queen of England, can come up here and have a different set of rules to what everybody else has to deal with.
"Whether they agree with the rules or not, they believe they should abide by the rules, and that was the issue with Novak Djokovic."