The government has backflipped on adding a question about sexuality to the census after six Labor MPs declared their party had got it wrong and Coalition MPs said fears of a culture war were unfounded.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday morning there would be one question about sexuality in the census if testing by the Australian Bureau of Statistics was successful.
“We’ve been talking with the Australian Bureau statistics, and they’re going to test for a new question, one question about sexuality, sexual preference,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The government had scrapped plans for a question on that topic just a week ago. But Albanese did not say he would revive another scrapped question on gender identity.
Source: 12ft