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Flat White

The unholy war over the census

4 August 2016

10:21 PM

4 August 2016

10:21 PM

A Christian, a Muslim, an atheist and a Jedi walk into a bar.

If it’s Tuesday, 9 August, they order drinks, sit down at a table and proceed to fill out the 2016 Australian Census. With any luck they won’t kill each other while they’re at it.

There has been a little religious war brewing over the issue of religious affiliation and identification on the census.

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