 G'day mate 40 here So we're at the beach and Australia's detention hotels are all in the news So the world's number one tennis player he got he got into Australia even though He didn't have a valid vaccine Now now there's a great deal of movement to deport him. So just looking at an article here in the Washington Post Tennis star knock of it Novak Djokovic draws renewed attention to Australia's detention hotels So Serbian star Novak Djokovic waits a court ruling whether he can stay in Australia to compete in the Australian Open He's being held in the Park Hotel close to the University of Melbourne And this is a facility to host refugees and asylum seekers and for coronavirus quarantine It's been at the center of protests of the treatment of migrants. These aren't just migrants. These are illegal migrants, right? So I'm not particularly concerned about Australia having detention hotels so Australia denied Djokovic entry to the country. They rejected his case for medical exemption from a coronavirus vaccine requirement I don't have a strong opinion on this is visa drama puts a spotlight on Australia's strict COVID-19 policies as long-standing use of detention hotels some of which have been used for quarantine purposes So I'm not terribly opposed to this. So as Australia has 150th The per capita death rate of the United States. I think that maybe they're strict COVID rules of something to do with that So the Park Hotel where Djokovic is staying is most associated with immigrants seeking visas to remain in Australia Some of whom have stayed in the building for years about 50 refugees are being held now. So they're in Australia illegally So I'm not I'm not bleeding my house not bleeding over them human rights activists have denounced the living conditions in which refugees have been detained Well, they can leave they can leave Australia any time they want so I'm not particularly concerned about these living conditions for people in the country illegally So there have been all these demonstrations outside the facility You know on behalf of people in the country illegally, that's that's crazy So 16 refugees tested positive for coronavirus at the facility. Well, if it's so bad there then leave Australia be glad to give you a flight out So one human right activist says this reckless indifference the lives of refugees. You're not safe in the hotel It's a sealed incubator. They can't open the windows. Well, maybe they shouldn't be in the country illegally Asylum seekers have reported being served maggot infested food Well, pretty much everyone gets served maggot infested food at some point a fire broke out at the park last month Yeah, I wonder who set that So there's a Kurdish immigrant who spent six years Held offshore on the new island followed by 14 months in two hotels in Melbourne He sued the Australian government under the argument that his use of hotels to hold illegal migrants is illegal Like he's not an Australian citizen. He doesn't have any rights here. It's ridiculous that he gets to sue the Australian government The government locked me up illegally. He's in the country illegally. I want my rights back You don't have any rights mate. You're not an Australian citizen non Australians have no rights in Australia just like non Americans have no rights in America So Australia uses hotels for asylum seekers and refugees who are transported to the mainland from offshore detention centers For medical attention. So people coming to Australia illegally and getting medical attention and getting putting up put up in hotels All right, I can't afford hotels I could probably come to four of these type of hotels and they're complaining and suing the Australian government It's ridiculous The whole world is watching as Novak Djokovic is detained at a park hotel prison Well, the reason the world is watching because he's the world's number one tennis player, right? Maybe if you were as equally excellent as him the whole world would be riveted by your situation I was imprisoned there in tiny rooms without fresh air then leave go home. Australia doesn't need you No one deserves this then leave you came here illegally Let's not forget the people that were remain long after Djokovic leaves. Well They don't have to stay Okay, so this hotel where Djokovic has been sent is Holding asylum seekers who've been detained for more than eight years by Australia Well, they can leave at any time. They're not being detained against their will Just being detained in a sense that they're not free to enter Australia So a Serbian president accuses Australia of mistreatment and harassment towards Novak Djokovic Said the whole of Serbia standing behind him. Well, Djokovic shows not to get vaccinated So my heart is not bleeding that he's having a little bit of agro Trying to play in the Australian open So Australia has implemented one of the world's strictest policies to contain the coronavirus Yeah, and Australia also has some of the strictest policies in the world to deal with illegal immigrants You try to come to Australia illegally and you will not call Australia home So Australia strict policies with both immigration and coronavirus seem to have worked out in the best interests Why should Australians saying Australia should be stripped of grand slam status for a few years? Because they're gonna deport Djokovic who's coming to the country legally Djokovic could get vaccinated He just has to get the job. These problems will go away. So my heart does not bleed the Novak Djokovic And did you hear what happened with the Sydney festival? So the Sydney festival is an arts festival here in Sydney And One of the sponsors of the Sydney Arts Festival is the Israeli Embassy. They donated something like 20,000 dollars there's some kind of dance performance at the Sydney Arts Festival that Partnered up with a Tel Aviv dance company and All these Muslims have just you know reacted and other you know Arab supporters so About 30 artists have dropped out of the Sydney Arts Festival because the festival took a donation from the Israeli Embassy I mean that seems extreme. Can you can you imagine any other country? Right if China had donated to the Arts Festival or Sudan or Nigeria or Russia So which job for Djokovic number one number two or number three? Well, as far as I know, he has not received any So he's unwilling to get vaccinated then it seems reasonable to me I don't necessarily support it, but it certainly seems reasonable to to ban him Right, it seems like a reasonable attempt to try to contain the possible damages of Covid infections So anyway Sydney Arts Festival all these artists have dropped out simply because the arts festival took a donation from the Israeli Embassy so it's ironic that Many many Jewish activists and Jewish organizations played a huge role in ending Australia's white Australia policy And as a result of this pro-immigration activism Hundreds of thousands of Muslims Have come to Australia and now they hate Israel does does Djokovic need to get all three I think the requirement is to get two But at some point if the requirement moves to three I can't be terribly upset about that If if if there's strong evidence that three shots provides more protection than two shots And it seems that the evidence points that direction then I don't see that see the problem with that so It's interesting the animus aimed at Israel and the Sydney Arts Festival simply for taking a donation from the Israeli Embassy and so the multicultural Australia that The big Jewish organizations in Australia and the social and political activists have fought for It's now coming back to white Jews in the buttocks And not for the first time