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arthwollipot said:
It's just been announced that next year's Census will collect LGBTQ+ population data. About time too.

www.abc.net.au

New 2026 Census questions the government wants to know about you

For the first time, Australia's 2026 Census will ask participants to identify their sexual orientation and gender in a new topic in the population questionnaire.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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I wonder how many will be comfortable putting that into the census????
(especially given the rise in 'neofascists' in the right- even here in Australia trump has emboldened them....)
 
Dabop said:
I wonder how many will be comfortable putting that into the census????
(especially given the rise in 'neofascists' in the right- even here in Australia trump has emboldened them....)
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My prediction is that it will go the same way as the religion question, where Jedi peaked remarkably until it was prohibited.

Expect a lot of people to identify as furries or really obscure orientations. When you give Australians the opportunity to take the piss, they will do so. The question will end up meaningless.
 
lionking said:
My prediction is that it will go the same way as the religion question, where Jedi peaked remarkably until it was prohibited.

Expect a lot of people to identify as furries or really obscure orientations. When you give Australians the opportunity to take the piss, they will do so. The question will end up meaningless.
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Hey I was a Jedi for several census's lol
 
lionking said:
My prediction is that it will go the same way as the religion question, where Jedi peaked remarkably until it was prohibited.

Expect a lot of people to identify as furries or really obscure orientations. When you give Australians the opportunity to take the piss, they will do so. The question will end up meaningless.
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I worked for the 2016 Census. Jedi isn't prohibited. It's recorded as "no religion", just like Pastafarian or Erisian or Church of the Subgenius. The religion question asks how many people follow specific religions. Everyone that isn't one of those prespecified religions is lumped together as a "none".

And while yes, we did have a fair share of people who, for example, listed their occupation as "Batman", they are in fact statistically insignificant. Most people understand the importance of collecting accurate demographical data. Additionally, LGBTQ+ people have been calling for this for the last decade. They want to be counted. They want to be represented.

The really fun one I saw was someone who covered every page of their census form with closely-written conspiratorial rantings about the government and surveillance and the Illuminati and whatnot. Literally every square centimetre of each page was written over. It must have taken them hours.
 
psionl0 said:
Because it's Pauline Hanson, nobody is going to ask the obvious questions:
Is the burka permitted in the Senate or not?
If it is permitted, is it permitted to all Senators or just those of a particular religion?
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What's Hanson trying to prove? Does she want to ban the burkha in Australia?
 
psionl0 said:
You just proved my point. You made it all about Pauline Hanson and pretended that the questions I posed don't exist. (And yes, she wants to ban the burka).
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You are asking the wrong questions. The question isn't whether burkhas are allowed in the senate, it's whether cheap stunts that disrespect entire groups of people are.

Turns out, they're not.
 
arthwollipot said:
You are asking the wrong questions. The question isn't whether burkhas are allowed in the senate, it's whether cheap stunts that disrespect entire groups of people are.

Turns out, they're not.
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You are only calling them the "wrong" questions because it involves Pauline Hanson (again proving my point).

Incidentally, you remind me of this advice from Yes Prime Minister:
 
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