Census 2016

[Carrion]

Originally Posted by mike_nofx

I think because people are more likely to lie on something thats anonymous, or put stupid answers like they are a Jedi Knight.

But I am a Jedi

I am offended.

Opps, wrong thread.

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Alright fellas, I need some excuses to avoid my civil duty life or death $180/day fine of informing some group about the colour jocks I wear and my favourite category of porn.

Mostly cause lazy and cbf

Is this one we can claim religious excuses for to avoid?

this should be a census category, I'm really having trouble finding pope and nun stuff ATM

[mik]

Originally Posted by Carrion

But I am a Jedi

I am offended.

Opps, wrong thread.

I AM YOUR FATHER !!!

[vbvbvb088]

Why not just get last census data...merge with immigration data and deaths births and marriages data? Pretty much same result. I dont need a census to tell me my local feeder roads are way undersized and we should have had a train line 15 years ago!

[Tickford.]

Need a quick answer of possible folks. The Mother In Law will be staying with us for the next couple of weeks due to ill health. She usually lives on her own, at her own place.
So what happens here? Will she be fined if she does not fill in the Census because she won't be living at her address tomorrow night, and possibly for the next couple of weeks?
We will obviously include her in the Census tomorrow but I'm not 100% sure what happens here.

Basically, person who lives on their own is not at their residence on the night of the Census. What have they got to do to not get in trouble?

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by xxxg

Need a quick answer of possible folks. The Mother In Law will be staying with us for the next couple of weeks due to ill health. She usually lives on her own, at her own place.
So what happens here? Will she be fined if she does not fill in the Census because she won't be living at her address tomorrow night, and possibly for the next couple of weeks?
We will obviously include her in the Census tomorrow but I'm not 100% sure what happens here.

Basically, person who lives on their own is not at their residence on the night of the Census. What have they got to do to not get in trouble?

You put her down as being at your place.

[George V]

Well, from their website:

"Do not worry if you have not received your Census materials. You will not be fined if you complete your Census after Census night."

This mob cannot even mail out the paperwork with 12 digit pin on time but feel fit to threaten their masters, the public, with $180 a day fine!!

Happy census night, Cheers,
George V

[Whitey-AMG]

Anyone else struggling to get into the census online to fill it out.....lol
Wonder how their servers are holding up.
Lucky we have until September 23rd to fill it out cos it ain't being filled out tonite !!

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by Bluey-GT

Anyone else struggling to get into the census online to fill it out.....lol
Wonder how their servers are holding up.
Lucky we have until September 23rd to fill it out cos it ain't being filled out tonite !!

I did mine in a country motel online with the form they provided, it was pretty quick on the iPad.
I did email census inquiry last night to inform them my usual place of residence was going to be unoccupied so they don't knock on my door.

[DBourne]

Site doesn't respond for me either..

Only the government would think it's a good idea to tell all of Australia to access a website at the same time..

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by DBourne

Site doesn't respond for me either..

Only the government would think it's a good idea to tell all of Australia to access a website at the same time..

You've got until sept 23.........

[.:4:.]

I had no problem, I got the wife to do it, and she also had no problem. We did put in honest religious beliefs though.

[GO FURTHER]

Originally Posted by Bluey-GT

Anyone else struggling to get into the census online to fill it out.....lol
Wonder how their servers are holding up.
Lucky we have until September 23rd to fill it out cos it ain't being filled out tonite !!

Can't load the website... Responds with "server where this page is located isn't responding". I knew this would happen, not too many servers can handle millions of logins at the same time unless you are as equipped as Google

I can see it in the morning news ... Thousands of complaints!

[GasoLane]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/censu...1177250ea527b4

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by George V

Well, from their website:

"Do not worry if you have not received your Census materials. You will not be fined if you complete your Census after Census night."

This mob cannot even mail out the paperwork with 12 digit pin on time but feel fit to threaten their masters, the public, with $180 a day fine!!

Happy census night, Cheers,
George V

I personally think the mail out system was the wrong way to go about it...

We could have had a paperless system where you could visit the RMS / ATO / Police station / Post Office or Centrelink and request the 12 digit pin over the counter - or even on the phone / online.

What would that mail out have cost on printing, advertising and postage?? $15 mil?? $20 mil???

[DJR David]

Site crashed, what a joke #3rd world country

[GO FURTHER]

THE Census and Australian Bureau of Statistics websites have crashed on the most important day of the year, leaving many Australians frustrated and unable to complete their form online.

Many trying to log on to the Census and ABS site were met with an error message on Tuesday evening saying the site could not be reached.

Some took to Twitter to slam the ABS, with one user sarcastically saying they were “definitely technically competent enough to keep our most private data safe.”

Others called it a “farce” and worried whether they would be fined after for not completing their form on time.

Census Australia tweeted that they are “working to restore the service” while some online mocked them for the obvious statement after people had spent hours trying to access the sites.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nat...698075cec306b2

[Iggle Piggle]

Ouch.

Wondered where the guy that caused Telstra's major outage earlier this year ended up

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

I ordered a paper copy. Would not feel the same doing it on line.

I did not have any problems completing the census.

[bernbo]

On full speed nbn and have been trying for an hour now and still no access to the sites, and we when we do get passed the first pages it says to try again in 15 mins.

[Trump]

Wait, people are surprised that the online census system crashed and burned...?

[ford71V8]

Haha no surprises here.

Also not surprised to read they load tested at only 150% of a guestimate at a cost of nearly half a mil

[Whitey-AMG]

Originally Posted by Loud_Noises

Wait, people are surprised that the online census system crashed and burned...?

They need to get some advice from those porn sites......

[rst2000]

Don't stress, as you have to the 23rd Sept to complete it....

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by bernbo

On full speed nbn and have been trying for an hour now and still no access to the sites, and we when we do get passed the first pages it says to try again in 15 mins.

If you have till the 23rd they should have staggered it...

NSW for 2 days, QLD for 2 days, WA for 2 days, NT + ACT for 2 days, SA and Tas for 2 days and Mel for 2 days.

Or does that make too much sense???

[Polyal]

It seems like a very old way to get data. Govco already knows pretty much all of this from my tax data, my info in myGov, my kids data from the Childcare database etc etc....I'm worried that any of it would actually be news to them!

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Web Site crashed..the end.

What did they think would happen with millions of peope attempting to access the web site at the same time filling out the same form.

Sometimes I wonder about the people running the show

[paule11]

World class NBN and world class census site

[Trump]

Originally Posted by rst2000

Don't stress, as you have to the 23rd Sept to complete it....

They didn't advertise this fact up until the system went into meltdown.

I'd say the inmates are running the asylum, but we're all here

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Polyal

It seems like a very old way to get data. Govco already knows pretty much all of this from my tax data, my info in myGov, my kids data from the Childcare database etc etc....I'm worried that any of it would actually be news to them!

agree. as i was filling it out i was thinking that i didn't really give them any new info.