Australian Open Launch Parade | Australian Open 2016

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Channel: Australian Open · 2015 · Sports

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In Melbourne today, rising Aussie star Thanasi Kokkinakis, Tennis Australia president Steve Healy, CEO and Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley, Victorian Treasurer the Honourable Tim Pallas MP and the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Melbourne Robert Doyle led a parade of 101 ballkids and a brass band through Birrarung Marr to highlight the new fan and family-friendly path to the Australian Open.

“The city and the Australian Open are coming even closer together, with the new bridge linking Birrarung Marr with Melbourne Park now under construction as part of the Victorian Government’s continued redevelopment of Melbourne Park,” Healy explained.


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