IT’S CLEAR: NO VAX, NO ENTRY

EARLIER this year, tennis ace ‘Novax’ Djokovic, left, was sensationally detained and then deported by the authorities Down Under, ahead of the Australian Open, because he refused the jab. So if you didn’t know before then that the Aussies don’t mess about when it comes to Covid measures, there was no room for confusion after that ruckus. However, I’ve every sympathy for unvaccinated Irish couple

Anne and Audie Ryan-Murphy, who were facing deportation from Perth this week after making the 19-hour journey in the hope of seeing their granddaughter for the first time. But the rules are still clear – without a vaccination or a valid medical exemption, you’re not getting in – and if they would not bend them for ‘No-vax’, the Aussie authorities were unlikely to make an exception for the Ryan-Murphys.