Advertisement Masks not mandatory. Bars and restaurants buzzing. Live music events. Wonderful beaches, every designer shop and huge financial incentives to boot. No wonder Australia has taken over from Hollywood as the new epicentre of the entertainment industry. For months, tinseltown A-listers have been quietly arriving and completing their 14-day hotel quarantines, while looking forward to the almost unfettered freedoms to be enjoyed. Film production is under way everywhere from the sprawling city of Perth in the south-west to the remote glory of the Whitsunday Islands in the north-east. Life's a beach: Natalie Portman in Byron Bay (left) and tinseltown star Julia Roberts (right)