[AusNOG] census issues tonight

[Joshua D'Alton]

I just got a physical copy in the mail.. guessing because another
householder tried doing it online, received the 9 digit code to come back,
but it timed out and the code wouldn't work, and that was before anything
much was filled in.

They probably assumed such people still needed to fill in and therefore
sent them out to the household... but how does that help people who were
staying at that house, but now at a different house where they've already
filled it in!?!

Oh right.. wait 2hrs on the phone to request another personal census for
yourself. Loverly!

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Paul Brooks <paul.brooks at tridentsc.com.au>
wrote:

> On 12/08/2016 7:22 AM, Mark Newton wrote:
> > They’re trying to get future trends — i.e., stuff that the transport
> authorities and other government authorities don’t have yet.
> ....
> > In practice, Australia has spent as long as I can remember being run by
> middle-management rejects who govern by thought-bubble. In that context,
> ABS data probably isn’t worth much because the people making the decisions
> just don’t care.
>
> Sure - but its not just used by government types, whatever level of
> competency you
> apply to them. The ABS publishes much of the dataset publicly, so private
> organisations and individuals can also discern trends and plan for future
> services,
> future business opportunities, future business locations, at least with a
> broad brush.
> Its not just governments that make decisions.
>
> Paul
>
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