[4][5] Broderick grew up in Caringbah, New South Wales, the daughter of a doctor and physiotherapist, Frank and Margot.

She has twin older sisters, Elizabeth Broderick, a lawyer and former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Jane Latimer.

[7] Broderick has held an academic position at the University of New South Wales (Associate Professor)[7] since 1994 and has published over 70 papers, including being a co-author on the Lancet series on Heat and Health.

[8][9] Research themes include developing evidence-based guidelines for physical activity in children.

Tennis Australia had granted Djokovic a vaccine exemption for participation in the tournament, despite being unvaccinated, due to an expert panel of 3 independent specialists assessing that he met the criteria.