Commentary If we cut to the chase, the only legitimate interest the Australian, or indeed the Victorian government, have in the otherwise legitimate visit of tennis star Novak Djokovic is whether there is any risk of his infecting anyone in Australia with the Wuhan virus, also known as COVID-19. The same principle applies, with greater vigour, to Australians returning from overseas. If the answer is no—as it unquestionably is in Djokovic’s case—the Australian government should get out of the way and allow him to participate in the Australian Open. But, in fact, it was a serious political error and worse, a gross injustice and abuse of power to move against him in the way that it did. It should not matter what his risk-free status is, since he did recently contract and recover from the virus. Indeed, some authorities believe this gives greater immunity and thus a lower likelihood of …