The census by definition is for people WHO LIVE in a country where it’s conducted, but apparently that’s not the case in Australia where they even make it mandatory for non-citizens (tourists) when they are only visitors (who DO NOT live in Australia in the first place), the logic doesn’t make any sense. Like if, a tourist should not be forced to do it since they hold a foreign passport and have no residential address in Australia.

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    3 days ago

    Firstly, if this were true, it’s not an appropriate reason to be collecting names.

    Secondly, it’s absolutely not true.

    In the before times in a “census” you might have shown up and gotten counted and given your name.

    Now there’s just no way ABS is publishing your address

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      2 days ago

      I mean, at least do a cursory check of the ABS website before you plop onto the Internet and pretend to know what you’re talking about.

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        2 days ago

        LOL.

        I genuinely wonder what the people of 2100 will be thinking about their ancestors who opted to have their names retained in this way.