census

  • The Australian Census Is (Finally) Back Online

    To say the 2016 Census was poorly handled is a massive understatement. In addition to legitimate privacy concerns over the contoversial decision to retain names and addresses for the first time since 1905, the eCensus was also pulled offline by the ABS due to alleged DDoS attacks. This pissed off a lot of Australians who…


  • The Australian Census Website Is Down

    Tonight is Census night, on the first year that the majority of Australia is expected to complete the quadrennial count of our country’s population online. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ servers were load-tested at 150 per cent of the expected usage levels, but despite that, a number of users are still having trouble loading the…