Check out our first episode of the #TruthInData podcast! Our topic this week: Evidence Gone: The Perils of Delayed Mobile Acquisition

https://youtu.be/vb0G-uLvwMM?si=C6JDr9UI046J5R__

With Debbie Garner & Kim Bradley #DFIR

Yes, it'd be much clearer to *expand* the question to a simple “Does the person have a religion?” before asking which one.

“[Michael Dove, chair of the Census21 Group, told Crikey that] the current question [on the #AustralianCensus, “What is the person's religion?”] leads many people to talk about their cultural background rather than what religion they align with.

“It was in the interests of bishops and the church that the “cultural Catholics get counted so the Catholic Church can overstate its relevance, and continue to enjoy the privileged funding, policy, and media access benefits”, he said.

““There’s an awful lot of religious privilege that flows from the census stage and that needs to be changed.””

https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/27/2026-census-religion-question-showdown/

#TruthInData #AusPol #Religion #Privilege #Secular #Australia