Editing Anzac Day (section)

=== 2020–2022: COVID-19 pandemic===

In 2020, most Anzac Day marches in Australia and New Zealand were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-16/anzac-day-services-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/12060466 Coronavirus forces cancellation of Anzac Day services in Victoria, NSW, Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316131157/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-16/anzac-day-services-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus/12060466 |date=16 March 2020 }} ''ABC News'' 16 March 2020</ref> As a consequence of the cancellation of the service, two Army veterans, Bill Sowry and Terry James, suggested standing in front of the driveways to observe a minute of silence; and, at the same time, Justin Wilbur, the son of a Vietnam veteran, offered to light a candle as a tribute to the soldiers. He created a [[Facebook]] group ''Aussies and Kiwis for ANZACS'', and Ashleigh Leckie, a Navy veteran, combined their ideas and put forth what we now know as the ''Driveway at Dawn'' movement. This movement was later adopted by the RSL and RSA and was consequently renamed ''Light up the Dawn'' and ''Stand at Dawn''.<ref>[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12327404 Anzac Day in lockdown: Jacinda Ardern, Clarke Gayford stand in Premier House driveway for virtual dawn ceremony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424225043/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12327404 |date=24 April 2020 }} ''The New Zealand Herald'' 25 April 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-driveway-dawn-service-how-to-follow-and-live-updates/e2e5b09f-6c90-4741-b907-4cfa278694ba Anzac Day: Prime Minister opens national dawn service as Australians remember from driveways] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425024705/https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-driveway-dawn-service-how-to-follow-and-live-updates/e2e5b09f-6c90-4741-b907-4cfa278694ba |date=25 April 2020 }} ''Nine News'' 25 April 2020</ref> In the United Kingdom, [[Kathy Lette]] presented a [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] performance of ''[[The One Day of the Year]]'' with five actors performing from their homes.<ref name="Anzac2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.gallipoli-association.org/events/anzac-day-saturday-25-april-2020/|access-date=27 May 2020|title=Anzac Day Saturday 25 April 2020 – The Gallipoli Association|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527225043/https://www.gallipoli-association.org/events/anzac-day-saturday-25-april-2020//}}</ref>

In 2021, major state marches occurred although under pandemic restriction settings such as in Queensland and the Northern Territory, others with ticketing and/or restrictions on numbers marching and watching, such as the national event in Canberra, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. Overseas services were not held.<ref name="9news-anzac-day'21">{{cite news|author1=Staff|title=Sydney's Anzac Day march to go ahead with 10,000 people|publisher=9news.com.au|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-2021-state-by-state-guide-services-events-australia-coronavirus-restrictions-explainer/47906f3f-d542-4c5c-97bc-90887af26cae|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415050434/https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-2021-state-by-state-guide-services-events-australia-coronavirus-restrictions-explainer/47906f3f-d542-4c5c-97bc-90887af26cae|archive-date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="haveago-wa-'21">{{cite news|last1=Merigan|first1=Tahlia|date=14 April 2021|title=How to commemorate this ANZAC Day|language=en-AU|work=Have a Go News|url=https://www.haveagonews.com.au/news/how-to-commemorate-this-anzac-day/|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415050434/https://www.haveagonews.com.au/news/how-to-commemorate-this-anzac-day/|archive-date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="startsat60-anzac'21">{{cite web|last=Wall|first=Anna|date=27 March 2021|title=2021 Anzac Day ceremonies: Here's the rules for each state and territory|url=https://startsat60.com/media/news/anzac-day-2021-australia-rules-each-state-and-territory|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415050436/https://startsat60.com/media/news/anzac-day-2021-australia-rules-each-state-and-territory|archive-date=15 April 2021|access-date=15 April 2021|website=startsat60.com|language=en-AU}}</ref> Services did not happen in Perth as on 24 April Perth city and the [[Peel (Western Australia)|Peel region]] entered a sudden 3 day COVID-19 lockdown and Anzac Day services in the affected areas were cancelled.<ref name="abc-perth-3day-lockdown-23apr'21">{{cite news|last1=Perpitch|first1=Nicolas|date=23 April 2021|title=Perth plunged into three-day lockdown, Anzac Day services cancelled|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-23/perth-plunged-into-three-day-lockdown-after-hotel-covid/100091188|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423065037/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-23/perth-plunged-into-three-day-lockdown-after-hotel-covid/100091188|archive-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, dawn services returned in both Australia and in Gallipoli.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anzac Day commemorations return to Gallipoli after two years|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-2022-gallipoli-services-return-after-covid19/1959ccd7-b00a-4353-bb90-e7ca386f904a|access-date=25 April 2022|publisher=9news.com.au|date=25 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425092457/https://www.9news.com.au/national/anzac-day-2022-gallipoli-services-return-after-covid19/1959ccd7-b00a-4353-bb90-e7ca386f904a|url-status=live}}</ref> The end of pandemic restriction meant crowds returned to pre-pandemic levels in Queensland<ref>{{cite news|date=25 April 2022|title=Lone digger does solo Anzac Day dawn march in Brisbane as Queenslanders flock to services|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/queensland-anzac-day-ceremonies/101013024|access-date=25 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425023032/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/queensland-anzac-day-ceremonies/101013024|url-status=live}}</ref> New South Wales<ref>{{cite web|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=25 April 2022|title=Large crowds turn out to mark Anzac Day across Sydney|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/25/large-crowds-turn-out-to-mark-anzac-day-across-sydney|access-date=25 April 2022|website=The Guardian|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425053820/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/25/large-crowds-turn-out-to-mark-anzac-day-across-sydney|url-status=live}}</ref> South Australia,<ref>{{cite news|date=25 April 2022|title=Six COVID-19 deaths and 3,175 new cases reported in SA|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/six-covid19-deaths-and-3175-new-cases-reported-in-sa/101013132|access-date=25 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425025201/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/six-covid19-deaths-and-3175-new-cases-reported-in-sa/101013132|url-status=live}}</ref> Victoria, The ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory where Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] and Deputy Opposition Leader [[Richard Marles]] (representing Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese who was sick with COVID at the time) attended a dawn service.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 April 2022|title=Crowds return to Anzac Day ceremonies and marches across Australia|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/anzac-day-commemorating-across-australia/101012362|access-date=25 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425001318/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/anzac-day-commemorating-across-australia/101012362|url-status=live}}</ref> Perth saw the return of the dawn service for the first time in three years albeit with only 500 attendees due to ongoing COVID restrictions.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 April 2022|title=Anzac commemoration returns to Kings Park as families embrace driveway dawn services|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/anzac-day-returns-to-kings-park-after-covid-disruptions/101009072|access-date=25 April 2022|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425012127/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/anzac-day-returns-to-kings-park-after-covid-disruptions/101009072|url-status=live}}</ref> Dawn services occurred in New Zealand but parades were cancelled due to the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand commemorates Anzac Day 2022|url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/25/new-zealand-commemorates-anzac-day-2022/|access-date=25 April 2022|website=1 News|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425061059/https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/25/new-zealand-commemorates-anzac-day-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref>