After backlash from the LGBTQIA+ community, the government agreed to include gender and sexual orientation questions in the new census. So why not intersex?
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Here are ten practical things to know about the 2026 census, including fines if you lie or ignore it, what happens to your data and how to ask for help.
Census testing begins next month ahead of the 2026 official headcount. National census are under threat overseas, threatening the collection of quality data.
National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia welcomed the government’s latest move, saying it was ‘sensible’ and ‘pragmatic’.
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology
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