National Census

[pct001wine]

Currently every 5 years, apparently costs $400 mil to run.  Do we need it ?  Can we afford not to do it ?

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/were-not-abolishing-census-statistician/story-e6frfku9...

[donnashuggy]

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@pct001wine wrote:

Currently every 5 years, apparently costs $400 mil to run.  Do we need it ?  Can we afford not to do it ?

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/were-not-abolishing-census-statistician/story-e6frfku9...

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Yes we need to do it

[vicr3000]

Yes, we need it.

I always like to see how many fellow Jedi's their are in Australia

[pct001wine]

Agree.   Whilst we might all snigger about how many Pastafarians or Jedi followers the census uncovers, it has many benefits - infrastructure planning, eleectoral boundary reform to name a couple.

10 years is too far between drinks IMHO.

[vicr3000]

I was surprised it was 10 years.

I thought they were done closer together.

[donnashuggy]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

I was surprised it was 10 years.

I thought they were done closer together.

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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-considers-axing-the-australi...

[donnashuggy]

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@pct001wine wrote:

Agree.   Whilst we might all snigger about how many Pastafarians or Jedi followers the census uncovers, it has many benefits - infrastructure planning, eleectoral boundary reform to name a couple.

10 years is too far between drinks IMHO.

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Abbott wants to form policies on the 50's census me thinks lol

[vicr3000]

Donna

Yes, I read that a week ago.

I disagree with Abbott.

[debra9275]

I don't know why it costs so much to do- but I think it provides uselful info

every time this govt does something, i think what are they trying to hide now

[imastawka]

Yes, we need it every 5 years

LOL vic

Though they don’t have a category for it and you can’t get info on the Jedi by location in Australia, the ABS have caved into public pressure and now release to the media the actual number of Jedi responses in the Census (including Jedi Knight, Padawan and Sith Lords). In 2011, there were 65,486 Jedi in Australia, up from about 58,000 in 2006, despite there being no new Star Wars movies around for a while.

This makes up roughly half of the ‘Not defined’ category. If Jedi were a valid response, it would be the 18th largest religion response in Australia, just behind Sikhism and ahead of Seventh Day Adventists and Atheists.

http://blog.id.com.au/2012/population/australian-census-2011/2011-australian-census-how-have-our-rel...