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Government ultimately responsible for census site failure: Labor

IBM Australia Managing Director Kerry Purcell (c) at a Senate Estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra

IBM Australia Managing Director Kerry Purcell (c) at a Senate Estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra Source: (by AAP)

The federal Opposition says the Turnbull government should take full responsibility for the 2016 census failure. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics, computer giant, I-B-M and an Internet Service Provider have worn the blame during a Senate Committee hearing in Canberra. Mandarin Producer Alan Qu reports.



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