The Battleground Melbourne documentary looks at how it took just two years for Melbourne, Australia, to fall from The World’s ‘Most Liveable’ to ‘Most Locked-down’ city. The ‘Covid Era’ in Melbourne brought with it previously unthinkable levels of civil unrest and government repression as draconian and damaging lockdowns and human rights abuses sparked protests around Australia and throughout the world and scenes reminiscent of the USSR or CCP went viral.

It’s the session from CPAC Australia that everyone is talking about.Battleground Melbourne LIVE is a live-on-stage retelling of four stories from the ‘Battleground Melbourne’ era. Joining Topher Field live on stage for this first-ever live event was Carly Soderstrom, Krystle Mitchell, and Matt Lawson. These four survivors of the Battleground Melbourne era represent just four out of the thousands of stories that need to be told, but thanks to CPAC Australia we were at least able to tell THESE stories, with more to come in future we hope. Huge thanks to CPAC, CPAC Australia, ADH TV, and the amazing team that worked behind the scenes to make Battleground Melbourne Live possible.