Three of the countries all then powerful unions black banned Sinatra until he apologized to its members. Bob Hawke declared, “He’ll never get out of Australia,” after transport unions refused to fly any plane containing Sinatra, after he flew to Sydney from Melbourne to broker the settlement, cancelling his 2nd Melbourne show.

Bob Hawke blockaded Sinatra and his party in Sydney’s Boulevard Hotel for a couple of days without meals, phones, drinks or room service and refused to refuel his plane, preventing him from leaving the country and practically holding him hostage in his hotel room.

After four hours of talks with Sinatra’s lawyer, Milton “Mickey” Rudin, and then with the man himself, the newspapers announced that Hawke had “saved Sinatra’s tour”. The agreement between Hawke and Sinatra solemnly stated that: “Frank Sinatra did not intend any general reflection upon the moral character of working members of the Australian media. For their part in the unions concerned indicate to Frank Sinatra that they have no desire to embarrass or misrepresent him”.

Sinatra went on to complete his 3 shows at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, and finally departed Sydney on July 17th bringing 10 crazy days to an end. A movie entitled "The Night We Called It A Day" was made, based on Frank's visit to Australia.