ABS ramps up national recruitment for the 2026 Census

Your chance to be part of the most progressive census Australia has ever seen! Join the #Census2026au team. www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...

Changes to content for the 2026 census

#Census2026au will be the most progressive population stocktake Australia has ever seen, as gender and sexual orientation are finally added www.abs.gov.au/census/2026-...

Tuesday 25 November 2025 11:30am AEDT | First release 2026 Census topics and data release plan Presents the final topics included in the 2026 Census and the plans of how and when this information will be released. Reference period 2026

Xmas comes a month early for #Census2026au watchers

Census Test night is Tuesday 5 August 2025. If you were selected to participate, it's time to complete your Census Test.

Happy #Census2026au test day to all who celebrate!

Over 150 jobs available for the Census Test in 2025

#Census2026au test going ahead, belatedly. More than 150 workers needed.
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Outcomes of the 2026 Census topic review This publication provides an overview of the outcomes from the 2026 Census topic review

As I suspected, it appears the official #Census2026au dress rehearsal didn’t occur as planned in Sep 2024. This means potentially hundreds of thousands of wasted dollars because of a captain call by the PM to interfere in independent business of the ABS www.abs.gov.au/statistics/r...

Monday 17 February 2025 11:30am AEDT | First release Outcomes of the 2026 Census topic review This publication provides an overview of the outcomes from the 2026 Census topic review process Reference period 2026

Mark your diary | #Census2026au details out Feb 17. Hopefully the census won’t be used as a political football heading into this year’s federal election, but I suspect it will. Census champions will be needed to ensure the national data asset isn’t adversely impacted.

Phase two ABS 2026 Census privacy recommendations released

Phase two ABS 2026 Census privacy recommendations released. #Census2026au www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...

#Census2026au pilot testing should now be complete. When will we hear more? treasury.gov.au/sites/defaul...

LGBTQI census count welcomed, trans inclusion demanded The census will include a question on sexuality and give people the option not to answer, the prime minister confirmed after Labor initially scrapped the plan.

Genuinely astonishing that in walking back their bizarre decision to exclude questions on LGBTQIA+ people from the census, the government has somehow managed to make the entire situation worse.

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'Labor backbenchers Josh Burns, Alicia Payne, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Jerome Laxale and Peter Khalil have also told the ABC they oppose the government's decision..'

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"For too long LGBTQIA+ people have felt excluded from this picture … I'm working to ensure these views are represented within the Albanese Labor government." - Ged Kearney

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'..to inform policymaking and support inclusion'

"The census not only informs policy and service delivery but paints a picture of modern Australia in all its beauty and diversity," Ged Kearney told the ABC.'

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Josh Burns

“It is not too much to ask for people to be counted.”

“I’ve made it clear that the way we govern needs to be inclusive and the census is an important tool to gather data and feed that into government systems and services."

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"..and other services. How can we address these inequities if we do not have the data to inform the best approach?”

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