Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flips on queer census questions

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flips on queer census questions

The 2026 census will include a question about people’s sexuality and gender orientation after Anthony Albanese said the Australian Bureau of Statistics was testing the wording of a query.

The Prime Minister confirmed the move on Friday morning, after a week of growing discontent among the LGBTQIA+ community and increasing numbers of Labor backbenchers that the party was not going to fulfil a pledge to collect data on this area.

Mr Albanese said the question would be included in the 20206 census provided the ABS could land on a way of asking for it sensitively and that would gather the data needed.

Answering the questions would be optional.

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