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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (52 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	17,195	17,195
Background	4,762	4,762
Timeline	3,150	24,721
First wave: March–April 2020	1,058	1,058
Second wave: June–October 2020	3,027	3,027
Third wave: June 2021 – October 2021	8,811	8,811
Omicron wave: November 2021 – February 2022	3,278	3,278
2022	4,927	4,927
Post pandemic	470	470
Statistics	165	1,319
Clusters	1,154	1,154
Responses	8,814	92,973
Travel restrictions	524	32,972
2020	16,478	16,478
2021	14,973	14,973
2022	997	997
National Cabinet	5,413	5,413
Human biosecurity emergency declaration	13,647	13,647
National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board	3,439	3,439
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce	1,228	1,228
Vaccine supply	16,184	16,184
Vaccinations	3,465	11,276
Adverse reactions	1,457	1,457
Vaccine hesitancy and messaging	6,354	6,354
National Plan to transition Australia's National COVID-19 Response	158	18,931
Transition to endemic stage	7,310	7,310
Lifting measures	11,463	11,463
Post pandemic	1,197	1,197
Impacts	14	94,013
Arts	15,031	15,031
Economic	16,628	25,095
"Dine and Discover NSW"	4,089	4,089
2021	4,378	4,378
Employment	1,848	8,174
Agricultural worker shortage	6,326	6,326
Health	3,250	3,250
Indigenous Australians	10,810	10,810
Medication supply	4,966	4,966
Politics	3,768	3,768
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Travel restrictions	8,571	8,571
Geo-tracking app	1,632	1,632
Demand for investigation	3,494	3,494
Event cancellations	6,899	6,899
See also	677	1,129
State and territory articles	452	452
Notes	138	138
References	33	33
Further reading	1,061	1,061
External links	2,516	2,516
Total	280,584	280,584

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"Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian"

In the December 2020 section, please truncate this to "Premier Gladys Berejiklian" because the context is already NSW, and one would assume that the premier who's taking action over a NSW incident would be the NSW premier. 64.203.186.67 (talk) 16:08, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the suggestion. HiLo48 (talk) 23:32, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-2021 date changes needed?

Now that the pandemic has continued into 2021, will we need to add the year to existing 2020 dates? Or, split sections like the timeline into 2020, 2021 sections?

I have already created a 2021 sub-heading for the NSW section and added the mask requirements for Greater Sydney. Today I see that Wollongong and elsewhere is also included in the masking area, so already needs updating.
• Please update it if I don't. 220 of ^ßorg 02:52, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This comes from the introduction:

governments started to close 'non-essential' services.[6][7] "Non-essential services" included social gathering

Please use only single quotes or only double quotes, not both. 64.203.186.108 (talk) 15:59, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Seagull123 Φ 16:34, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please use only single quotes or only double quotes. I don't care which one you do, but don't use both. 64.203.186.108 (talk) 16:49, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed it. Thanks for drawing this to our attention. I don't know why Seagull 123 responded so bureaucratically. It was easy to see what you were suggesting, and it was a good suggestion, politely made. HiLo48 (talk) 23:35, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Migrate Timeline to its own page?

Self-explanatory. Based on other countries' similar pages?

JMonkey2006 (talk) 10:31, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Considering it's getting long, it may be a good idea. What other pages have done this? 220 of ^ßorg 16:06, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

220 of Borg, many other nations. Consider Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2020). —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:12, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to create a new page, with the entire timeline basically copy and paste into the new page. For some reason, the publish new page button didn't work no matter how hard I tried. JMonkey2006 (talk) 23:28, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

JMonkey2006, Is Draft:Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia what you were thinking of? CMD (talk) 00:05, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmonkey2006: Remember to provide the correct 'credit' back to this page and it's editors as the source of the 'new' page. See WP:Copying within Wikipedia, There's a template that needs to go on the talkpage here, and there, for that purpose. — Regards, 220 of ^ßorg 01:56, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can't seem to make a new page. The blue button just doesn't work at all. Does that happen for you too, @220 of Borg and 220:? JMonkey2006 (talk) 03:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmonkey2006: Guessing here, you only have 175 edits, so aren't yet 'qualified' to create new pages? 220 of ^ßorg 04:03, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The template in question is {{split article}}. Someone should also check the references, as one of them has been invoked (health-current-status) but never defined. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 03:47, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The reference in question is present in Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Australia medical cases chart, not the article. It can be added there but then this page will need to be adjusted to prevent reference name duplication. JMonkey2006, see if you can move the Draft into the mainspace instead. It has the attribution in the initial edit summary. CMD (talk) 03:54, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) @Tenryuu: If it helps, I believe that reference is (also?) defined in the infobox on this page. Regards, 220 of ^ßorg 03:58, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've copied it over to the template. Apparently since it's exactly the same there's no error on this page. CMD (talk) 04:43, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We seem to have reached a consensus. I will attempt to move the draft and remove the timeline from this page. If anyone knows how to do it properly, please take the reins :) . JMonkey2006 (talk) 22:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the draft into an article, but I'm not too sure how the talk page works and what I need to add into it. JMonkey2006 (talk) 22:20, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protests of COVID restrictions in Australia

Since I have been unable to locate a Wikipedia article listing COVID lockdown protests that have occurred in Australia, they HAVE occurred (see article 1, ^[1] for a case in point; there may well be others which I have not yet found sources at this time). As a result, I merely ask that such a subheading (or an addition to the article on article 2, ^[2]) be made for Australia (as its own continent OR under Asia as you might see fit). Also, recently "Australia Day" protesters have seen fit to defy COVID regulations and go out any way to do their thing (see, for example, article 3 ^[3]) -- such defiance of COVID regulations may also qualify as worthy of being included in such article / subarticle as appropriate. What do you think???? Shawn Fahrer, USA 2603:7000:7506:9400:95E0:BB19:E07C:E991 (talk) 08:57, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

There is a bit of coverage, about anti-mask protests in particular, that I added. 220 of ^ßorg 05:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

But only on Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, apparently. 220 of ^ßorg 05:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia per edit here. 220 of ^ßorg 05:50, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not updated since 4th of March

This reticle has not been updated since the 4th of March. Could someone see to this, thank you. 95.148.142.59 (talk) 22:46, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/australia-protest-coronavirus-covid-19-victoria-cases-13084810

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_over_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic

[3] ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-day-covid-protest-b1792638.html

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