Hacktivists most likely culprits behind Census attack

Privacy fears real: academics.

10 August, 2016

I won’t be giving my name to Census: Xenophon

Senator Census rebellion.

9 August, 2016

We won’t share personal data: Census 2016 chief

Up close & impersonal but privacy advocates unimpressed.

11 April, 2016

Census shake-up saves more than $100 million

Australia Post to deliver online log-in codes.

27 August, 2015

Call to count FIFO workers in Census

Impact of temporary workers on regional communities unknown.

15 June, 2015

So why scrap Census if costs were dropping?

The price of starving the Australian Bureau of Statistics of tech funds finally bites back

19 February, 2015

Bureau of Statistics goes Christmas shopping for e-Census smarts

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley A friendly knock on the door every five years from a Census collector used to be the calling card of Australia’s annual statistical stocktake. But the era of thousands hitting suburban footpaths to measure national population trends is rapidly drawing to a close. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) […]

19 December, 2013

City of Sydney touts for apps talent

By Julian Bajkowski The City of Sydney has moved to shake-off the main street retail blues caused by online buying  by trying to entice a new wave of digital businesses to set-up shop within its boundaries to keep business flourishing in the CBD. Lord Mayor Clover Moore has announced the city’s official backing for ‘Sydney […]

25 February, 2013

Councils face national headcount

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Australia’s burgeoning local government sector will get its first ever official statistical snapshot through an official council workforce census covering the whole of Australia. The Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government (ACELG) will conduct the census on council numbers to better inform funding and resource allocation decisions at […]

27 November, 2012