Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has cancelled the visa of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, after days of pondering over travel declaration submissions and a court ruling.
The cancellation of his travel visa - for the second time - lays serious doubt over his participation in next week's Australian Open tournament.
Hawke announced on Friday around 6pm the intentions to deny the 34-year-old entry based on "procedural fairness grounds".
"Today I exercised my power under section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr Novak Djokovic on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so," the Minister's statement read.