Politicians boycott the Census

Nick Xenophon

Nick Xenophon Source: AAP

Senators Nick Xenophon and Sarah Hanson-Young are among a group of politicians refusing to fill in the section of the Census asking for names and addresses.


O loo taumafai le malo e faafilemu le popolega i nisi i le ono faaogaina i auala sese o latou faamaumauga mai le tusiga igoa e pei ona alo atu iai le atunuu i le po anapo.

 

E ui o le sala e oo i le $180 i le aso mo le le faatumuina atoa o le tusiga igoa, na saunoa le sui o le Senate, Nick Xenophon e le faatumuina lona suafa ma lona tuatusi.

 

E le gata ia Nick Xenophon, ae faapena foi ona solitu ma le sui o le Greens Sarah Hanson Young.

 

E 4 tausaga e taofia pe teu ai e le m/luega o f/numera f/maumauina f/talaga o le tusiga igoa, ma na folafola mai e le minisita o le m/luega le ABS ma pisinisi laiti Michael McCormack e matua malu puipuia faamatalaga uma o le tusiga igoa.

 

McCORMACK

 

"I want to clearly reiterate again that the ABS has never had a privacy breach, a security breach, on an ABS census. Never. They keep the information in different computers, and even courts, prime ministers, ministers cannot get the names and addresses and that sort of information from the ABS. It is kept sacrosanct. It is kept by the ABS. That is critical."

 

Peitai na saunoa Nick Xenophon e le'i lava se taimi e iloilo ai le faaogaina o nei f/maumauga.

 

XENOPHON

 

"This goes beyond anything that's been done requiring all Australians. It was trialled with very little consultation in the last census, and I should have been more aware of that, where about 5 per cent of Australians were tracked in this way. But now it involves all of us, and I think it's time to take a stand."

 






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