The Prime Ministerial captain’s call on the 2026 census and the multiple excuses and backlfips required to ensure that the government ended up in almost the same position as they were in prior to Anthony Albanese’s intervention. You couldn’t make this up.
Show Notes
The Daily Aus podcast on the Census backlash and backflip
Sign the Equality Australia Count Us In petition to ensure everyone is represented in the 2026 Census
Support Wear It Purple
Laura Tingle reveals the Census questions
Albanese vents his frustration in Cabinet
Ross Gittins on why Albanese tried to pre-empt a culture war
How this blew up in Albanese’s face
Why this episode reveals the government to be peculiarly weak
Backbenchers intervene here and here
Draft questions were “too complex”
Draft questions “weren’t appropriate”
Australian Democrats the first party to have a written policy requiring the decriminalisation of homosexual activity
Australian Democrats the first party to be represented as a candidate by a trans person. Find out more about the
phenomenal Julie Peters here
