The deputy head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has told a senate committee that putting glitter in the envelopes of the forthcoming survey on marriage could make people’s forms invalid and cause problems for the organisation’s scanning machines. Jonathan Palmer said the ABS would be advising people not to place an extraneous material […]
Tags: ABS, AEC, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Electoral Commision, gay marriage, Jonathan Palmer, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Marriage, marriage equality, postal survey, queer, Same Sex Marriage, trans*, transgender
17 Aug 2017 /
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed concerns that the proposed postal survey to gauge the nation’s appetite for marriage equality will not have the legal protections of a regular election process. The government has announced that their postal plebiscite will be deployed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), rather than the Australian Electoral Commission […]
Tags: ABS, AEC, Andrew Laming, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Electoral Commision, Labor, legal protection, Liberal, Malcolm Turnbull, plebiscite, Tanya Plibersek
10 Aug 2017 |
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