Crowd capacity at the Australian Open has been lifted to 65 per cent for the rest of the tournament.

Sports minister Martin Pakula confirmed the news on Wednesday.

It had previously been 50 per cent, due to COVID-19.

Breaking my self imposed Twitter hiatus (which I will return to – it’s blissful) to advise that the Chief Health Officer has agreed to increase the ticketed capacity of the Australian Open to 65% for the remainder of the tournament.

— Martin Pakula 💉💉💉 (@MartinPakulaMP) January 25, 2022

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