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From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <>
Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Fw: Saving the 2006 Australian Census
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 22:39:08 +1000


Beryl O'Gorman
Greensborough Victoria Australia
List Admin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pauline" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Saving the 2006 Australian Census


> It would be appreciated if you could post the following to your mailing
> list:-
>
> URGENT ! URGENT! SAVING THE 2006 AUSTRALIAN CENSUS - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
> NOW!!!...CLICK HERE http://www.aigs.org.au/census2006.htm
>
>
> The next Australian census to be held in three years time is under threat
of
> destruction. You can help save it by emailing a letter supporting
retention
> by no later than 30 July 2003.
>
> The planning wheels are already turning at the Australian Bureau of
> Statistics (ABS) for Australia's next census to be held in August 2006.
And,
> it's going to cost Australian taxpayers some $350 million to conduct this
> survey. Yet it seems the ABS still intends to throw away our vital census
> history. This is in spite of a virtual referendum of the Australian people
> in the 2001 census, in which 53 percent of Australians (i.e. over 10
million
> of us) stated that we wanted our census records kept in the archives as
they
> do in most other western countries like England, Canada and the USA. The
> 2001 Australian census was the first national census retained in this
> country since 1828.
>
> In the face of this majority expression of public opinion and the
supporting
> expert testimony of over 300 medical, genetic, epidemiological, historical
> and genealogical witnesses to a national parliamentary inquiry in 1998,
the
> Acting Australian Statistician, A. W. EDWARDS released an information
paper
> on 2 July seeking the views of Australians on the next survey. He states
in
> this paper: "At this stage, there is no known requirement for retention of
> responses to occur for the 2006 Census."
>
> Please send off your email or letter TODAY and help us save Australia's
> history (see www.aigs.org.au for suggested letter format).
>
>
> NICK VINE HALL
> Chairman, Census Working Party, 1996-2003
> & Media Spokesman Record Preservation & Access,
> Australasian Federation of Family History Organizations Inc.
> PO Box 3012, Weston Creek, ACT 2611; Tel: 1 800 0 AFFHO (free call).
> Email:
> Save the Census Webpage Link: http://www.aigs.org.au/
>
>

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