Albanese says ABS, not government, will determine scope of census question on sexuality

Prime minister defends government's backflip on census and says single question on sexuality will not limit scope of data

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Anthony Albanese says the nature and scope of question on sexuality in the next census will be a matter for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, not the government.

After a week in which his government was heavily criticised for excluding proposed new questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, the prime minister reneged and said the 2026 census would include one question about sexuality, sexual preference".

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