Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

The issue around Novak Djokovic was a sorry episode in the story of the pandemic. He met the entry requirements, and the courts backed him when the government decided to shift the goalposts. Then they kicked Djokovic out anyway, on the basis that his views were a threat to public health and good order—not whether he actually had COVID. What rubbish. From the beginning of the pandemic to June last year, Scott Morrison let more than 1.67 million people into Australia, and nearly all of them were unvaccinated. They brought delta and omicron with them.

The government's hypocrisy over Djokovic was stunning. Pretending his views were a threat that justified his deportation showed the contempt that this government has for the intelligence of the Australian people, and that's why I back the Australian people outside the parliament in recent days protesting about vaccine mandates. Labor have a lot to answer for as well, because they supported the government on the handling of Djokovic. (Time expired)