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Pennywise@quokk.au 1 month ago
Nope. And furthermore, you’re not eligible.
You have it right, though, if you reside here then you would.
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Pennywise@quokk.au 1 month ago
Nope. And furthermore, you’re not eligible.
You have it right, though, if you reside here then you would.
animemann80@feddit.online 1 month ago
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
So the government has a rough idea of how many non citizens are in Australia, and roughly where. So any services that non-citizens may need (tourism centres, consulates, etc) get put in the right place.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because knowing where temporary residents and permanent residents are also helps with government planning not just people who are citizens.
Pennywise@quokk.au 1 month ago
No idea. I’m from the US. I use quokk.au because it’s super fast and doesn’t bother me with repeatedly verifying that I’m not a bot… unlike practically every other instance I’ve tried.
palordrolap@fedia.io 1 month ago
To hazard a guess (don't know for sure, not even for my own country), it's for future historians to be able to build up a picture of who was where and when.
What might seem obvious and common knowledge now might not be in 100 years.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 month ago
Much shorter term, the point of the census is to know where people are and what they need, so government spending can be done effectively. No point building hospitals/centrelink/etc in areas that don’t need them.
Australian census records are (opt-in) deanonymised after 100 years, so there is some historical value.