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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (54 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	16,268	16,268	657	657
Background	4,679	4,679	184	184
Timeline	3,057	25,897	63	1,419
First wave: March–April 2020	1,056	1,056	75	75
Second wave: June–October 2020	2,965	2,965	225	225
Third wave: June 2021 – October 2021	8,815	8,815	488	488
Omicron wave: November 2021 – February 2022	3,256	3,256	183	183
2022	6,310	6,310	364	364
Post pandemic	438	438	21	21
Statistics	18	1,135	0	62
Clusters	1,117	1,117	62	62
Responses	8,679	90,636	278	4,538
Travel restrictions	524	31,783	42	1,693
2020	16,141	16,141	665	665
2021	14,299	14,299	905	905
2022	819	819	81	81
National Cabinet	5,333	5,333	310	310
Human biosecurity emergency declaration	13,345	13,345	651	651
National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board	3,353	3,353	163	163
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce	1,227	1,227	95	95
Vaccine supply	15,882	15,882	755	755
Vaccinations	3,357	11,034	143	593
Adverse reactions	1,456	1,456	128	128
Vaccine hesitancy and messaging	6,221	6,221	322	322
National Plan to transition Australia's National COVID-19 Response	158	17,890	0	918
Transition to endemic stage	7,276	7,276	288	288
Lifting measures	10,456	10,456	630	630
Post pandemic	1,198	1,198	74	74
Impacts	14	92,024	0	4,806
Arts	14,934	14,934	934	934
Economic	15,906	24,143	935	1,471
"Dine and Discover NSW"	3,991	3,991	252	252
2021	4,246	4,246	284	284
Employment	1,756	7,846	62	439
Agricultural worker shortage	6,090	6,090	377	377
Health	3,166	3,166	205	205
Indigenous Australians	10,647	10,647	450	450
Medication supply	4,815	4,815	287	287
Politics	3,563	3,563	191	191
Protests	2,751	2,751	49	49
Sport	19,515	19,515	757	757
Tourism	630	630	23	23
Travel restrictions	8,529	8,529	470	470
Geo-tracking app	1,344	1,344	103	103
Demand for investigation	3,516	3,516	149	149
Event cancellations	6,749	6,749	93	93
Lawsuits	16	1,091	0	110
St Basil's Home for the Aged	1,075	1,075	110	110
See also	567	1,019	0	0
State and territory articles	452	452	0	0
Notes	138	138	0	0
References	33	33	0	0
Further reading	1,061	1,061	0	0
External links	2,516	2,516	0	0
Total	275,723	275,723	13,583	13,583

The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Cave, Damien (2022-05-15). "How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
Stobart, Anika; Duckett, Stephen (January 2022). "Australia's Response to COVID-19". Health Economics, Policy and Law. 17 (1): 95–106. doi:10.1017/S1744133121000244. ISSN 1744-1331. (available via TWL)
Hameiri, Shahar; Chodor, Tom (October 31, 2023). The Locked-up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia’s COVID-19 Response. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-6747-5.
Dow, Aisha; Cunningham, Melissa (2023). Life As We Knew It: The Extraordinary Story of Australia's Pandemic (1st ed.). Brunswick, Victoria: Scribe Publications. ISBN 978-1-76138-531-5.

Incorrect word used

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The word shear has been used in this article - I believe this should be sheer. Pjetson (talk) 08:29, 24 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Fixed, thank you. Melcous (talk) 11:50, 24 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

lack of information on states other than nsw and vic

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

not even a single mention of mark mcgowan? inexcusable (why yes, i am a western australian, how could you tell?) but genuinely it seems a little odd to have so many mentions of the "zero-covid" policy without many mentions of how that was approached differently in different states. Tysdrawkcab (talk) 05:35, 14 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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