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Measuring Australians’ internet access has ‘strong public value’, yet the question won’t be asked in the next census.
The 2026 census will not ask Australians if they have access to the internet in a move one senator has called a “serious missed opportunity”.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed to Crikey that questions about internet access, which were removed at the 2021 census, won’t be asked at the 2026 census either.
“Internet access and use, including digital literacy, has been listed as a topic that won’t be progressing further for the 2026 census,” an ABS census spokesperson said.
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Politics Reporter @antonknilsson
Anton Nilsson is Crikey’s federal political reporter. He previously covered NSW Parliament for NCA NewsWire, and before that, worked for Sweden’s Expressen newspaper as well as other publications in Sweden, Australia and the United States.
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