It’s Census Night & A Bunch Of People Still Haven’t Received Their Letters

People have been divided over whether they want to be forced to give all their personal details over to the government for 4 years when they could potentially be used against them (somehow) or exposed to hackers thanks to some shitty IT on the government’s behalf.

Some people, luckily or unluckily depending on your perspective, have been spared having to make the decision entirely, thanks to the ABS straight up failing to deliver their login code:

A photo of me with my @ABSCensus login form #CensusFail #census2016 pic.twitter.com/FUu7bHyJOZ

— Lachlan Williams (@lawksland) August 9, 2016

nice, called the census number because we haven’t received a census code and it just says we have a high volume of calls and hangs up on you

— the result respecter (@rpy) August 9, 2016

I didn’t receive a code so I guess I’m not being counted in the census at all! I was going to fill it out for George Brandis anyway.

— Tyson Armstrong (@tysonarmstrong) August 8, 2016

I have been having very mixed feelings about the census but turns out the login never came in the mail, oops #CensusFail

— Cameron Colwell (@Cameron___c) August 9, 2016

Luckily their fuckup won’t mean you’ll be copping the rather brutal $180 a day fine for not completing it. If, like me, you have not had a single letter from the ABS in your letterbox, don’t stress too much – they say they’re giving exemptions for people who are “trying”, which seems like an interesting legal line to draw:

@dougiesgirl26 Hi Mel, sorry you couldn’t get through. Give another go later in the week, no risk of a fine as long as you’re trying.

— AU Bureau of Stats (@ABSStats) August 9, 2016

Hope the rest of you are enjoying your wild and crazy census parties while the rest of us are forced to do absolutely nothing.