Questions on both sexual orientation and gender will feature in Australia's next census, as the federal government seeks to repair the fallout from earlier efforts to abandon questions about LGBTIQ+ identity.
Questions on both sexual orientation and gender will feature in Australia's next census, as the federal government seeks to repair the fallout from earlier efforts to abandon questions about LGBTIQ+ identity.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed on the ABC's Insiders that the next census will include a new topic, which will canvass sexual orientation and gender, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics to determine the questions.after it quietly confirmed it would not include the questions in the next census, despite it forming part of Labor's national platform.
But now Mr Chalmers, who oversees the census, has confirmed a whole new topic would be added, which would allow for multiple questions to be canvassed. "We had good intentions and we listened to the community and we worked with the ABS and we said that we would find the best way through," he told the ABC.Analysis by Allyson Horn
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