After the Australian government’s unprecedented intervention into the national census, the Australian statistical office will need to do significant work rebuilding the nation’s trust. After about two ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will include questions on sexual orientation and gender in its census for the first time, after more than a week of controversy over the centre-left Labor government's ...

Fast forward to August 11, 2026: the latest Census will capture detailed data on modern Australian identity - information that could reshape our understanding of the nation and open new growth ...

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced on Saturday that the 2026 national census will, for the first time, include questions regarding gender and sexual orientation. This decision marks a ...

The Australian government's stunning intervention into the national census, and its sudden backflip, has broken trust and left it unclear what's next.

Australia's decision not to include new questions about gender and sexual orientation in the next census prompted fierce debate Thursday, and a warning that LGBTQ citizens may boycott the count. The ...