It’s the third explanation government ministers have given since last Sunday, while Coalition senator Andrew Bragg says questions are ‘reasonable’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe social services minister has offered up the latest explanation for why proposed questions on gender and sex variations were dumped from the next census, claiming they were too complicated.In an interview with Sky News on Sunday, Amanda Rishworth gave a new reason for why new questions had been ditched from the census planning, saying the government had been shown “questions that were very complex in the census”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-09-01 02:19:01
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