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Discuss. :p


IMO. Anyone could find or feel reasons uncomfortable to fill it out. Then again everyone sacrificed privacy to be on facebook. Or reasons not to fill it out threaten fines up to $180 a day until it is submitted. :lol:
Personally I cant be bothered fearing anything anymore. What's the point? It took 15 minutes and I said its ok to release my information after 99 years.
Fear mongering truly seems a common commodity these days. Or was it comedy? commodity?

edit: (I sware this keyboard or the computer is faulty) :chug:
 
No.
Down for me anyway.
I think privacy s important but abs will keep me safe from reptiles.
 
Anyone who really believes this information about themselves isn't already online somewhere and waiting to be hacked is kidding themselves.

Facebook, Google, Apple, your bank, your gym membership, your email accounts, any number of subscriber services, it's all sitting in the cloud or on a server somewhere waiting for the wrong hacker to come and find it. One more won't make a difference.
 
I grabbed a longie of riversides 777 and sat down to do it with the wife and website was down. tried 3 itmes over the course of 45 mins and gave up

oh well. at least I had the beer
 
and now the spin doctor ********

they were well informed. but no we will not have any problems

it's all hackers fault bla, bla, bla

they couldn't organise a root in a brothel with a handful of 50s

and i bet your info would be safer there too
 
Fraser's BRB said:
Anyone who really believes this information about themselves isn't already online somewhere and waiting to be hacked is kidding themselves.

Facebook, Google, Apple, your bank, your gym membership, your email accounts, any number of subscriber services, it's all sitting in the cloud or on a server somewhere waiting for the wrong hacker to come and find it. One more won't make a difference.
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That's not really the point, the point is that we're giving the government our name, address, reported income, name & address of employer, all in one neatly packaged file which (then say they can't but definitely will) the ATO/centrelink etc will access. So, suck **** to everyone filling out dodgy tax returns or milking inappropriate deductions. The services you mention are separate commercial entities and don't have the legal ability to use this information for anything other than advertising, and don't have the ability to prosecute. The ATO does, and has in the past, and will.
 
niftinev said:
and now the spin doctor ********

they were well informed. but no we will not have any problems

it's all hackers fault bla, bla, bla

they couldn't organise a root in a brothel with a handful of 50s

and i bet your info would be safer there too
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Unless you're Craig Thomson.
 
Liam_snorkel said:
That's not really the point, the point is that we're giving the government our name, address, reported income, name & address of employer, all in one neatly packaged file which (then say they can't but definitely will) the ATO/centrelink etc will access. So, suck **** to everyone filling out dodgy tax returns or milking inappropriate deductions. The services you mention are separate commercial entities and don't have the legal ability to use this information for anything other than advertising, and don't have the ability to prosecute. The ATO does, and has in the past, and will.
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But the Government, ATO and Centrelink already have that info.
 
Whitfield Diffie, one of the primary creators of strong encryption, said back in the 80's that personal privacy could never survive digital technology. Welcome to the future.

Actually, he may have said personal freedom. Can't remember ATM. I'll see if I can find the article.
 
Liam_snorkel said:
not currently in the same database
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Bloody well should be ! Imagine if all the departments could work together it'd save **** loads of money and time.
 
spog said:
Bloody well should be ! Imagine if all the departments could work together it'd save **** loads of money and time.
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What he said.

But really, fill in your online tax return, there's a hell of a lot of information in there that is already pre-populated. Do you really believe that they (the govt) don't already have most, if not all of the data you're giving them in the census?
 
Not worried about the personal data that I gave them being compromised as 99% of what I told them was lies. I only filled the damed thing out under the duress of a threat of a fine for not doing so, hence they are welcome to choke on the **** sandwich that I sent the fuckers.
 
LAGERFRENZY said:
Not worried about the personal data that I gave them being compromised as 99% of what I told them was lies. I only filled the damed thing out under the duress of a threat of a fine for not doing so, hence they are welcome to choke on the **** sandwich that I sent the fuckers.
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Can't access the website and can't reach the helpline to order a paper copy "sorry, we are too busy".
We'll I'm too busy to fill out your census. Bite me.
 
Send em an account for your time, power etc,charge out rates in 15 minute blocks .
After all they have stated that if you don't you'll be hit with a fine.
Well **** me ,how many people have been put out and upset because they tried to do the right thing and the system **** itself.and then got pissed off because they missed Home and Away.....they deserve it so it's not really valid.

Imagine,just imagine that you had a website that was pushing a given article or business and got multi million hits in one evening,so many hits that the site crashed ?
Hmm, the big mean intrusive Census, Facebook is where all the info is....ohh dear I've run out of milk or posting a selfie for all the world to see,parties,kids etc.
So,getting back on track that 15 minute block of charge out rates has gotta be $ 100.00 / hr...any advances?
Prolly 5 million+ Aussies hitting em with a $ 200.00 account might make them sit up and take notice.
Ummm ...well that was satisfying for me so do now carry on.
 
people tend to forget..it's your internet time you are using to complete their surveys and what ever online crap they want us to complete..no wonder they say they are saving money(No Cenus taker's)..if the goverment want me to use the net.i use there faclities..can a computer answer a enquiry..and i wonder if telstra had anything to do with it...also i got a paper version to fill out which i did with option to use MY internet
 
Worked with some farmers today and they said census staff actually drove out to their farms and dropped off paper copies without them asking. Are the census people using double standards of delivery and service? Will this skew the results?
 
I got a hand delivered paper copy too, I live in a semi rural area so just assumed it was their way of acknowledging how **** our internet speed is
 
Yep but it will skew the data.. One type of information is how many /what age group fills it out online and what proportion on paper. If presumption is to hand deliver to rural areas that's a presumption that stuffs the results.
Living in built up areas is no guarantee of good internet access. This whole thing is flawed big time.
 
knobjockey boss gets 600k+ to create a dabacle, would've dunnit for a few bottles

yes i know it's only 470 million dollars worth of our money they don't give a **** about

this gov. is effin hopeless
 
To say the least I was joking about it on Tuesday night. It was a rude awakening Wednesday morning.
Oh well. Whatever will be will be. We are sheeple at the least. Or power of people will prevail by the numbers.
 
Liam_snorkel said:
That's not really the point, the point is that we're giving the government our name, address, reported income, name & address of employer, all in one neatly packaged file which (then say they can't but definitely will) the ATO/centrelink etc will access. So, suck **** to everyone filling out dodgy tax returns or milking inappropriate deductions. The services you mention are separate commercial entities and don't have the legal ability to use this information for anything other than advertising, and don't have the ability to prosecute. The ATO does, and has in the past, and will.
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pcmfisher said:
But the Government, ATO and Centrelink already have that info.
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They have completely ruined the integrity of data. Heaps of great points of discussion further in from this
Edit: I used to fill them in ...well reasonably accurately however I'm sure many never did to begin with/ or fill them according to self interest :-/
Since the introduction of meta data laws I don't sit comfortably with this and am still yet to get it done.
 

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