Novak Djokovic's case is about Australia's flawed border practices, not vaccines | Simon Jenkins

The tennis player may be unjabbed, but he did what was asked of him to access the country

There is so far only one lesson in the “acquittal” of the tennis player Novak Djokovic on a charge of seeking to enter Australia unvaccinated. It is that something is badly wrong with that country’s border controls.

The judge found that the tennis star had met all reasonable requirements for admission, as was conceded by the Canberra government. He had two separate permits for exemption from vaccination, one ...