Twelve months ago, Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia for allegedly (and essentially, by way of description from the minister) harbouring anti-vax sentiment. Let that sink in – he didn’t commit a thought crime, which in itself is a ridiculous charge, he allegedly committed one. Maybe. Possibly. Potentially. That’s all it took to cancel his visa.

The decision to boot him from the country despite an earlier federal judge ruling he had done nothing wrong was just about the Liberal Party’s most desperate political ploy of the century – justified as a health measure to protect us from arguably the fittest...