A culture war is the least of the census’ problems. Let’s get rid of it
A ditched plan to include questions about the LGBTQ community in the census has raised questions about the future of the $600 million big five-yearly national survey.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics proudly claims the census provides a snapshot of Australia. Until it doesn’t.
The decision to shelve any updates to the decidedly last-century census, most notably to better understand the queer and trans population, raises uncomfortable questions about whether the nearly $600 million census should be shelved.
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Tom Burton was government editor at The Australian Financial Review.
