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Optional census questions useless, says ACU sociologist
Australian Catholic University sociologist Bryan Turner says optional census questions, such as the proposed questions on sexual and gender identity, are useless for data collection. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Census to ask about gender identity after second government backdown
Australians will be asked about their gender identity in the next census, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for the second time reversed his government’s position on including new LGBT questions in the national survey. Source: The Age.
Coalition accus Albanese of interfering with next census
The Coalition is accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of inappropriately interfering with the next census, revealing it will pursue the government during the next parliamentary sitting over its mishandling of the issue. Source: The Australian.
Albanese says sexuality and gender identity census questions ‘weren’t appropriate’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his Government told the Australian Bureau of Statistics to cancel testing new census questions on sexuality, gender identity and intersex status because they “weren’t appropriate”. Source: ABC News.
Labor shelves Census question on sexuality to avoid divisive debate
The Albanese Government decided not to count the number of LGBTQ Australians in the Census to avoid a divisive debate, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said. Source: The Age.
Proposed Census change a ‘double bias’ for religions
Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has backed Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB’s fight against the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which wants to effectively wipe religion out of the next Census. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Archbishop Costelloe warns against proposed changes to Census
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has warned proposed changes to the Census regarding religion could lead to a higher number of invalid responses. Source: The Australian.
‘Social profiles’ help parishes serve their communities
Profiles of 1230 Catholic parishes across Australia have been published, offering a wealth of insight they can use to better serve the needs of their local communities. Source: ACBC.
Social profiles of Australia’s Catholic dioceses published
One in four Catholics in Broome Diocese are aged under 15, Wagga Wagga Diocese has the largest proportion of Catholics and the Archdiocese of Melbourne the largest number of Catholics, new reports have revealed. Source: ACBC Media Blog.