Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) David Kalisch has conceded that the agency tested the patience of Australians with its decision to take down the Census website on the night of August ...

The backlash has been swift and fierce. Some have called for a boycott of the census, or to vandalize it with incorrect information. Government officials from the Labor Party publicly criticized and ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today published the independent findings of the third and final phase of the 2026 ...

Changes to the 2026 census have been revealed, including the re-inclusion of specific questions about someone’s gender and sexuality. Monday’s announcement confirmed the census would ask questions ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will change the wording of questions for 10 existing topics, along with introducing a new topic on sexual orientation and gender that was announced last year. The ...

NO one at IT giant IBM has been sacked or disciplined over the botched census, but its managing director has unreservedly apologised for the shutdown. IBM Australia managing senior engineer Michael ...

Thousands of Aussie homes across regional and metropolitan Australia have been selected to take part in the August pre-census test. The ABS census general manager Jenny Telford said the test was ...

Two inquiries into the Australian census debacle, which saw millions of Australians unable to complete their forms when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)-run website was taken off line because ...

More than 30,000 Australian workers will be needed to fill “critically important” jobs for the upcoming Census. There are 12 months to go until the 2026 Census and workers are needed across the ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will receive AU$250 million in funding over the next five years in order to upgrade its legacy IT systems as part of this year's federal Budget. The ABS has ...

Senior Fellow, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Australian National University AUSTRALIA BY NUMBERS: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the first batch of its 2011 ...