PREMIUM CONTENT
Subscribe to continue reading.
Keep connected to the Australian screen industry. With a subscription, you’ll get access to exclusive premium content including in-depth features, opinion, analysis and business and talent profiles. You can also upgrade to access our comprehensive In Production listings, covering hundreds of projects. Sign up with a 7 day free trial.
Last year’s Australian Open tennis tournament began amid questions about how it represented the country on the world stage after world number one Novak Djokovic was deported for his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Two weeks later, the nation was united in its celebration of Ash Barty, Australia’s first women’s singles champion in 44 years.
The Open’s journey from being perceived as a political vehicle for Australia’s COVID stance to becoming a platform for sporting history provide...