Nick Xenophon refuses to supply name information on Census
Now you have a senator to defend your right to tell the ABS to shove it!
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"The senator feared census data could be commercialised and its storage of names for four years, rather than the usual 18 months, risked transforming the survey from a “snapshot” into “a mobile CCTV that follows every Australian”.“The government should be requesting our consent, rather than requiring our names through coercion,” he said, describing privacy as an “inherent human right,” he said.
“The ABS with the support of the Australian government is about to trash that human right and the way they’ve done so has been completely undignified and disrespectful to all Australians.”
Full article
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...11a7764911cca5