I've got $10 that says he will chuck a tanty and demand an appeal through the courts. An out-of-touch magistrate will order his release from immigration detention while the case winds its' way through the legal system and he will get to play anyway, all the while thumbing his nose at both his opponents and Australia.

Should've had one of Ronny's KC330's sitting at Tullamarine ready and waiting for him...It would've been worth the cost.

His lawyers are about to file an injunction....

I get the feeling that Alex Hawke cancelled his visa based on public polling.

So he said his agent filled out the form??
Isn’t the traveller supposed to do that??
Yep, so gone for that count too.

What an amazing series of events really this is just unbelievable. What will Australian look like in the worlds eyes ?

A diplomatic passport means nothing if the receiving country refuses to accept that the holder is a member of the foreign country’s diplomatic mission.

This being the realm of Law, there of course is a Latin term for the action of refusing/expelling a diplomat: persona non grata.

A diplomat declared PNG may legally be confined to their embassy/consulate until they leave the country at the earliest opportunity, and both of the directly involved countries have the option to speed up that process by chartering a flight to a neutral third country.

Serbia being involved, Australian authorities could take the opportunity to deal with a related matter at the same time and make the third country the Netherlands, specifically Rotterdam-Den Haag airport so a few other Serbs could be put on the flight and dropped off at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

I've got $10 that says he will chuck a tanty and demand an appeal through the courts. An out-of-touch magistrate will order his release from immigration detention while the case winds its' way through the legal system and he will get to play anyway, all the while thumbing his nose at both his opponents and Australia.

Should've had one of Ronny's KC330's sitting at Tullamarine ready and waiting for him...It would've been worth the cost.

His lawyers are about to file an injunction....

I get the feeling that Alex Hawke cancelled his visa based on public polling.

You know every time you thing a politician or the government should do something because you want them to? Guess what, the Minister has something because most of the nation both wanted it done, and deserved to have it done.

People who who complain that politicians do what is popular fail to understand what being a politician is.

What an amazing series of events really this is just unbelievable. What will Australian look like in the worlds eyes ?

It would still be nice to see him play. But the way things are, I can't see how. Maybe convert a lab where ebola is kept into an indoor tennis court and have him play against a tennis-robot?

It would still be nice to see him play. But the way things are, I can't see how. Maybe convert a lab where ebola is kept into an indoor tennis court and have him play against a tennis-robot?

If he does stay, it will get real ugly, I'm telling you!