Sunday Explainer: What's the census and can we afford to do without it?

By Peter Martin
Updated February 27 2015 - 10:08am, first published February 22 2015 - 8:02am

An ancient relic or an essential tool for the 21st century? The government is considering abandoning next year's census to help the Bureau of Statistics fund other priorities. In future we would complete the census only once every 10 years instead of every five. Should the second Tuesday next August be freed up for other pursuits? And what would be lost if it was? Peter Martin starts counting.

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