At the end of the day, the Australian government gave in.
Facing the weight of the other side’s legal evidence, and an increasingly incredulous tone from the judge, the government’s lawyers didn’t bother proceeding with their rebuttal.
Djokovic is unvaccinated and he may have breached Australia’s border laws, but Australia’s Federal Circuit Court on Monday did not make a ruling on that.
Instead, it set him free on the basis that immigration officials had done the wrong thing when making the decision to cancel his visa.
