Russian Flag Died Suddenly At Australian Open 2023

As if the disgusting conduct of the Australian Open and Victorian Government was not bad enough in 2022 when they deported Novak Djokovic as a political statement for making his own choice over his own body, here comes the next chapter of political virtue signalling and the ultimate insult to international sportsmanship - the removal of all Russian flags from the Australian Open 2023.
The Australian Open should now be boycott.

In 2022, first it was #NOVAX Djokovic they tried to silence for making his own choice over his own body. Now in 2023, they are trying to silence players like Daniil Medvedev for merely being Russian. Tennis Australia, the Australian Open and anyone engaging in such conduct has now broken the law of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 and needs to be immediately charged and sued.

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From the Act - Discrimination and victimisation
"Discrimination means being treated unfairly or not as well as others because of a characteristic like age, gender, race or marital status (whether you’re married or not).
Discrimination means being treated unfairly, or not as well as others, because of a personal characteristic that is protected by law, like age, sex, gender identity, race or disability. These are known as ‘protected characteristics’ or ‘protected attributes’.

It is against the law to discriminate against someone on these grounds in certain areas of public life.

‘Public life' includes:
- at work
- working as a volunteer
- at school, university or TAFE
- in shops
- when buying or selling goods or services
- in clubs
- activities you participate in, such as sports.

Direct discrimination

Under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic), direct discrimination is when someone treats you badly or unfavourably, or tries to treat you unfavourably, because of your protected characteristic.

Under Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws, you need to show that the person has treated you less favourably than they would treat someone in similar circumstances who does not have the same protected characteristic. This means that you need to show that:

the reason, or one of the reasons, that the person treated you badly is because of your protected characteristic such as your race, sex or disability, and
the person treats, or would treat, others without your protected characteristic better than they treated you in similar circumstances.

Indirect discrimination

Indirect discrimination is when an unreasonable requirement, condition or practice disadvantages people with certain protected attributes.

With indirect discrimination, you need to be able to show that even though you are being treated the same as everyone else, you are put at a disadvantage because of your protected attribute. You also need to show that the requirement is not reasonable in the circumstances."

Source:
https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/equal-opportunity

https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/equal-opportunity-act-2010/030