The 2021 Census and Religion

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Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) asks every household to fill out a census form at exactly the same time to get a snapshot of the nation as a whole. Census night is Tuesday, August 10. They ask questions including where we live, what our households look like, do we live alone or in multi-generational families and how much do we earn. But there is one question that is more contentious than the others, and it is about our religious beliefs.

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