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I think every Australian has two weeks to complete the Census. Why they advertised August 9 as "Census Night" I don't know.
by taspeotis 10y ago
I think every Australian has two weeks to complete the Census. Why they advertised August 9 as "Census Night" I don't know.
- NeutronBoy 10y agoYou're supposed to answer with respect to August 9 - it's a snapshot of every person in Australia as of that night.
- taspeotis 10y agohttp://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/getonline http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/getonli... "Get online on August 9"
- srwx 10y agoYeah I think since the fiasco they've suddenly been bandying about "Oh you have until August 23rd, there's no rush guy just chill okay" but that was after months of "If you don't fill it in on August 9th we'll fine you $180/day" to try and shut down people calling for boycotts after the changes they shoved through the week before Christmas that allows them to keep the data linked to everyone's name for 4 years.
- prawn 10y agoThat was certainly one mistake. How they overlooked the fact that almost everyone was going to get home, eat, and then hit the Census site afterwards, beats me. It was a prevailing theme for everyone I know, sitting there refreshing and then making fun of it all on Twitter.
- robbiep 10y agoAugust 9 is the 'snapshot' night so you respond as from that night no matter when you fill it in. Benefit of being overseas: didn't have to get caught up in the disaster