There have been many people and organisations wanting reliable and up-to-the-minute information on how COVID-19 has impacted the sector. The following data sources use statistically reliable research methods and provide insight into how Australians are coping with the pandemic.
We thank ACPNS volunteer researcher, Dr Denise Conroy for this blog.
Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne
Taking the pulse of the nation tracker
McCrindle Research
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- Australians post COVID-19 report
- Recovering from COVID-10 report
- How COVID-19 is shaping the outlook of Australians
- Australian Giving Trends – Infographics
- Australian Communities 2020 Report
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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- Business Indicators, Business Impacts of COVID-19
- Insights into Australian business conditions and sentiments
- Household Impacts of COVID19 (surveys from August 2020 are more reliable due to increased sample size)
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Grattan Institute
https://grattan.edu.au/publications/reports/
Australian National University – Centre for Social Research and Methods – COVID 19 Publications
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- Series of publications with topic related to COVID-18 impacts
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https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/covid-19
Australian Pandemic History
This blog provides a general historic overview of the epidemics/pandemics which have occurred in Australia.
Definitions:
Epidemic – is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region.
Pandemic – is an epidemic which has spread across multiple countries or continents.
Endemic – something which belongs to a particular ‘people’ or country.
Outbreak – a greater than anticipated measure in the number of endemic cases. It can also be a single case in a new area. If it is not quickly controlled, an outbreak can become an epidemic.
100 or more deaths:
| 1789 | Smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people; 750-2600 deaths |
| 1867 | Measles epidemic in Sydney city + inner suburbs; 748 deaths (February-June) |
| 1875-6 | Scarlet Fever epidemic Australia-wide; 8000 + deaths |
| 1890 | Flu pandemic; 234 deaths |
| 1891-1910 | Typhoid epidemic – worst affected area was WA goldfields-overcrowding + unsanitary conditions; 2000 deaths reported but believed to be much larger |
| 1900-1910 | Bubonic plague; 550 deaths |
| 1918-1920 | 1918 Flue pandemic; 12,000 deaths |
| 1946-1955 | Polio epidemic; 1,013 deaths |
| 1981 to March 2012 | HIV-Aids pandemic; First cases reported in 1981; in 2018 770,000 deaths (estimated) (worldwide related to this decease; 6507 deaths in Australia |
| 2009 | 2009 flu pandemic; 191 confirmed deaths; death tall possibly as high as 1600 |
| 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic; 909 deaths (to 14/2/21) (refer to health.gov.au for latest data) |
50-99 deaths
| 1881-1885
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Smallpox epidemic; 51 deaths |
Sources:
- Live Well (2020) blog
- List of disasters in Australia by Death Toll (2021) https://en.wikipedia.org.au/w/index.php?title=List_of_disasters_in_Australia_by_death_tollfoldid=1005439528)
- Communicable Disease Intelligence, Vol.37, No.1, March 2013 p. E92
