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Australia’s Same-Sex Marriage Postal Vote Is Starting To Look Like A $122 Million Shemozzle
20Ballot papers are still being mailed out, but a few key lessons have already emerged from the Turnbull government’s $122 million postal survey on same-sex marriage. Less than a fortnight into the voluntary national ballot, which runs until November 7, the first thing apparent is that the Australian electoral roll is a mess.
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How To Enrol Or Change Your Address For Australia’s Same-Sex Marriage Survey
Next month, the country will participate in the Australian Marriage Law survey; a postal vote designed to gauge Australia’s appetite for a change to the Marriage Act that would allow same-sex couples to be lawfully wed. Although the survey is not compulsory, this is an issue that every Australian should absolutely vote on. If you’re…
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Census 2016 Report Card: Outage To Cost Australian Taxpayers $30 Million
This year’s Census was nothing short of a spectacular debacle after the website where Australians were to fill out the survey went down for nearly two days. Last night, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) chief David Kalisch fronted the Senate Estimates in parliament to answer questions about the incident. We found out that the…
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Ask LH: Will I Really Get Fined For Not Completing The Australian Census?
Dear Lifehacker, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and had a recommended page which was by Census Australia. I started going through the comments to see what people were saying and was astonished to see multiple responses by the ABS talking about a $180 fine if we don’t complete the Census. Is this true?…