AUSTRALIA – CENSUS

Australia’s 2016 Census had ‘significant and obvious oversights,’ report finds

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Original article by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
News.com.au – Page: Online : 25-Nov-16

A Senate economics committee has released a report which criticises the Australian Bureau of Statistics and IT group IBM over their handling of the "digital first" 2016 Census, which was hit by a series of denial of service attacks. Amongst other things, the ABS’s decision to retain confidential personal information came under scrutiny, as well as the limited tender process for choosing a technology supplier for the Census. The committee’s recommendations include adopting an open tender system for work associated with the next Census.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, IBM AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Census meltdown to cost $30m

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 2 : 20-Oct-16

The shutdown of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ census website on 9 August 2016 will cost up to $A30 million. Chief statistician David Kalisch has told the Senate estimates committee that $A20m has already been spent. He expects the ABS to spend another $A10m. IBM stated in a submission to the committee that the website was ready to be reactivated within three hours but the actions of other organisations extended the delay to 40 hours.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE, IBM AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NEXTGEN PTY LTD

85% of Australian households have completed the ABS Census despite website problems, Roy Morgan Research finds

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 29-Aug-16

A special snap SMS Morgan Poll has found that 85 per cent of Australian households have now completed the 2016 Census despite problems with the Census website on the designated Census date of 9 August. Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says clear majorities of all age groups, both genders and in every State have managed to complete the Census since Census night. The remaining 15 per cent of Australian households have another four weeks to complete the online Census forms or face potential fines of up to $A180 per day.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED,{SPAC}LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA,{SPAC}NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA,{SPAC}AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY,{SPAC}AUSTRALIAN GREENS

Census battle to convince millions

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 12-Aug-16

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ census website was accessible again on 11 August 2016, after being shut down for 40 hours due to a denial of service attack. It is estimated that about 2.3 million households have completed the census form to date, but the Federal Government requires at least 10 million households to do so in order for the census to be "statistically significant". Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed the ABS and IT giant IBM for the census website’s failure.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, IBM AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Fallout over meltdown tests Turnbull government

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Original article by Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 11-Aug-16

The causes and implications of the crash of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ census website on 9 August 2016 will be investigated by the Australian Signals Directorate. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has assured Australians that the crash did not compromise the security of census data. For Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, it was "the worst-run census in Australian history."

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, IBM AUSTRALIA LIMITED, REVOLUTION IT PTY LTD

Down for the count: census thrown into chaos

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Original article by Simone Fox Koob, Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 10-Aug-16

Concerns about the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ management of personal information have been underscored by the failure of its website to cope with the nation’s inaugural digital-first census. Many people who tried to fill out their census form online on 9 August 2016 encountered server problems, with the website either not available or generating error messages. Some federal politicians have refused to put their name on the census form due to fears that such information will be retained for much longer than in the past.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, NICK XENOPHON TEAM

Census cost could be better spent, says ABS

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 20-Feb-15

The cost of Australia’s 2011 national census is estimated to have exceeded $A400m, prompting the Australian Bureau of Statistics to propose abolishing the next census in 2016. The bureau argues that the cost savings could be used to upgrade its IT systems and undertake annual population surveys with a much smaller sample of respondents. Reducing the frequency of the census from five years to 10 is also believed to be under consideration

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FAMILY FIRST PARTY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES. CENTRELINK, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES. MEDICARE AUSTRALIA