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ABS vows to work with LGBTQI+ community on developing 2026 census
Equality Australia has welcomed a statement of regret from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, acknowledging hurt and distress caused when the census didn’t properly count LGBTQI+ people in 2021.
In a statement yesterday, the ABS said it was looking forward to working with the LGBTQI+ community on the 2026 census, following a successful resolution of a complaint made to the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to the 2021 census.
The statement reads:
The ABS is aware that some members of the LGBTIQ+ community felt invisible and excluded when completing the 2021 Census and has issued a statement of regret for any distress experienced.
The ABS said it would work with representatives from the LGBTQI+ community on developing the 2026 census and has shortlisted sexual orientation, gender identity and variations of sex characteristics for potential inclusion.
Equality Australia’s legal director Ghassan Kassisieh said the ABS’s statement takes the LGBTQI+ community a step closer to “finally being counted properly”.
The census has told the national story of our changing community since 1911, but it has never included the full story of LGBTIQ+ Australia. The fact is we still don’t know how many LGBTIQ+ people there are in Australia or where they live.
Updated at 20.40 EDT20m ago20.26 EDT
Penny Wong marks two years since the fall of Kabul
Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong has recognised the Australian Afghan community and ADF veterans today, two years since the fall of Kabul.
On Twitter, she wrote:
Today marks two years since the fall of Kabul. Our thoughts are with the Afghan people, the Australian-Afghan community, officials and ADF veterans who served.
Australia remains committed to helping those who helped us, and to supporting and advocating for the Afghan people.
Last month, I met the courageous Afghan women’s football team who now call Australia home.
The team’s journey is a reminder that progress is always resisted and our gains must always be protected. pic.twitter.com/4movAwCBS3
— Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong) August 15, 2023Updated at 20.29 EDT26m ago20.20 EDT
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has shared some photos on social media from his press conference earlier this morning with Victorian premier Daniel Andrews:
Delivering more housing for Australia will be on the agenda at National Cabinet tomorrow.
We need more social and affordable homes like the ones here…
2023-08-14 19:29:15
Source from www.theguardian.com
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