{"id":117963,"date":"2024-08-31T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=117963"},"modified":"2024-09-05T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T01:49:42","slug":"backflip-on-lgbtqia-census-question-after-public-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=117963","title":{"rendered":"Backflip on LGBTQIA+ census question after public backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anthony Albanese, the first prime minister to march in a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, has backflipped on a decision to exclude questions about gender and sexuality from the 2026 census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several Labor MPs broke ranks on the issue, Mr Albanese told the ABC on Friday that a question would be included provided Australian Bureau of Statistics \u201ctesting goes OK\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been talking with the Australian Bureau of Statistics and they\u2019re going to test for a new question,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne question about sexuality, sexual preference. They\u2019ll be testing, making sure as well that people will have the option of not answering it (if they) prefer not to answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-76-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-76-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-76-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-76-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-76.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anthony Albanese, with fiancee Jodie Haydon and NSW Premier Chris Minns, was the first prime minister to take part in the Mardi Gras parade in Sydney in 2023. Picture: NewsWire \/ Jeremy Piper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Albanese said a draft question had been developed this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor had promised to include LGBTQIA+ Australians in the census, which is why revelations the Albanese government would not caused a stir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked why he was backflipping on the backflip, Mr Albanese played down the political pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve been asked about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat there isn\u2019t going to be is holus-bolus massive changes to the census because we think that it\u2019s been pretty effective in the past, and for a range of issues the census isn\u2019t the right vehicle to engage with the community across a whole range of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>news.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year after he was the first PM to march in the gay and lesbian mardi gras, Anthony Albanese has backflipped on a decision that angered the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":117964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35],"tags":[13031,9031,13032,13030],"class_list":["post-117963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","tag-abs","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-gay-and-lesbian-mardi-gras","tag-lqbti"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117968,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117963\/revisions\/117968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}