Half the boomers have long-term health issues
More than half of baby boomers (50.4 per cent) had a long-term health condition, according to the 2021 Census.
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The newest census has revealed Australia is changing rapidly, now more millennial, multilingual and less religious. PETER MARTIN breaks down the data.
"Yesterdays" columnist NICHOLE OVERALL looks back at some of sedate Canberra's pagan days.
STATISTICALLY, we Canberrans appear to be a bunch of well-heeled heathens. The controversial 2016 census…
Federal Parliament
Moore / Whingers bring on a witch hunt
"The chief statistician's decision to close the ABS Census website on the night was a good call under the circumstances. It showed courage. He should be commended rather than pilloried," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
Opinion
Macklin / Old dog has trouble learning the new tricks
"Lib Leader Jeremy Hanson turned up the heat on the Barr-Rattenbury government with his promise to use the money they would spend on light rail for a new $395 million hospital," writes Seven Days columnist ROBERT MACKLIN
Griffiths / Census cock-up: are we surprised?
"A $270 million census process gave a piddly $9.7 million to IBM to run the online process that was supposed to take 65 per cent of the forms," bemoans Lowbrow columnist JOHN GRIFFITHS.
WE NOW find we’ve lost the art, which we had for a century, of running…
Federal Parliament
Grattan / The battle over the census is likely to continue well beyond census night
NICK Xenophon is a populist politician with a knack of identifying issues likely to trouble…
THIS statement just in from the ABS: The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Census…
SENATE crossbencher Nick Xenophon will defy the requirement to provide his name when he fills…
"A campaign has formed to encourage people to tick the 'no religion' box in order…
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is looking for up to 35 Area Supervisors for…
THE rate of homelessness in the ACT is now the second highest in the country,…
THE Bureau of Statistics is reminding us fill out the Census form tonight. The Census…
MICHAEL MOORE looks at the political consequences of religion in the forthcoming census CENSUS 2001…
In a bid to reach young Australians, the Australian Bureau of Statistics have released a…
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics have asked everyone who plans to travel or work on…
