SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's first online national census was in chaos on Wednesday after the survey website crashed overnight due to a possible cyber attack, raising concerns over the country's ...

In a first, the next Australian census will count same-sex couples who have gotten married abroad. "Census night" is Aug. 9. "It is an important sign of respect that the Australian Bureau of ...

The backlash has been swift and fierce. Some have called for a boycott of the census, or to vandalize it with incorrect information. Government officials from the Labor Party publicly criticized and ...

The embarrassing recent failure of Australia's census website has sparked massive controversy Down Under, with politicians, bureaucrats and systems integrator IBM caught up in a wave of recrimination ...

Each country needs its exceptionalist message, its sui generis theme. We do something here no one else does, and such like. In Australia, there are many things deemed exceptional. Compulsory voting, ...