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Census 2016.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:00 pm
by Dog_ger2
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WTF?

Anyone else with troubles?

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:16 pm
by Footy Chick
Everyone else has troubles :lol:

Except me, I did it yesterday. I have better things to do on my birthday than fight with the interwebs ;)

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:28 pm
by heater31
Footy Chick wrote:Everyone else has troubles [emoji38]

Except me, I did it yesterday. I have better things to do on my birthday than fight with the interwebs ;)

Did mine at lunchtime today. Done in 15 minutes [emoji38]

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:43 am
by therisingblues
I read only 1.6 million have completed it out of 16 million. Shouldn't those people win a t-shirt or something? "I completed the census on time." It would say.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:39 am
by Booney
I wish I could take credit, unfortunately I cannot.

@Dogwatcher tweeted "I've got 1,2,3,4,5 census working over time"

=D> =D>

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:01 am
by Corona Man
We simply filled out the paper form.

I had a laugh when I read the vents & rants on the census FB page, regarding the outages. I couldn't resist posting the following reply...

"I filled in the paper form. At one stage I experienced an outage with my pen. Fortunately I shook it a few times, and it started working again. Have you tried that?"

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:21 am
by Dogwatcher
Corona Man wrote:We simply filled out the paper form.

I had a laugh when I read the vents & rants on the census FB page, regarding the outages. I couldn't resist posting the following reply...

"I filled in the paper form. At one stage I experienced an outage with my pen. Fortunately I shook it a few times, and it started working again. Have you tried that?"



I would've been perfectly happy filling out the paper form, if we'd received one.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:24 am
by Alaska
I have a PO Box and have received nothing, the phone contact never worked, so i am going to ignore it.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:29 am
by mighty_tiger_79
No paper form here and finished late last night do couldn't be bothered doing it then.
Looks like I didn't miss out on anything

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:29 am
by Corona Man
Dogwatcher wrote:
Corona Man wrote:We simply filled out the paper form.

I had a laugh when I read the vents & rants on the census FB page, regarding the outages. I couldn't resist posting the following reply...

"I filled in the paper form. At one stage I experienced an outage with my pen. Fortunately I shook it a few times, and it started working again. Have you tried that?"



I would've been perfectly happy filling out the paper form, if we'd received one.

Yeah I thought it was a bit odd. We had a paper form dropped on our doorstep. I didn't go searching for info re filling it in online. Perhaps there was an option to do it that way. Whatever it took 10 minutes total. I don't consider that a hardship.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:21 pm
by tipper
anyone else get this vibe with the census ministers presser?

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Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:15 pm
by Gozu
Supposedly the census website got hacked a few times last night. What's the rush you've got 6 weeks to do it before they come knocking on your door so I'll wait until the heat dies down.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:24 pm
by HH3
I've figured out who "hacked" the census and flooded the servers....

Those bloody Australians!

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:10 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
The Minister I don't think handled the presser that well. Whoever wrote his notes also needs to get sacked by making him repeat ****

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:49 am
by Jimmy_041
I did mine tonight
The first Chinese / Greek parented Hindu Arabic speaking Torres Strait Islander PHD earning $156,000+pa living in Burnside in history
I also caught a ferry to work in the city yesterday
Now we'll see if they cross check this thing

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:23 pm
by carey
Footy Chick wrote:Everyone else has troubles :lol:

Except me, I did it yesterday. I have better things to do on my birthday than fight with the interwebs ;)


I was in Port Augusta I did mine Tuesday night about 5pm went through no worries. Took me about 15mins for my house hold of 4 to complete

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:24 pm
by Dogwatcher
This census fail is going to have massive impacts on Australian society and planning.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:50 pm
by therisingblues
Dogwatcher wrote:This census fail is going to have massive impacts on Australian society and planning.

I foresee increased breadlines, waistlines, crossed wires and milk riots. I'm worried about the future application of daylight savings also. Our government is simply going to dissolve like a hot frog in a blender.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:56 pm
by Dogwatcher
therisingblues wrote:
Dogwatcher wrote:This census fail is going to have massive impacts on Australian society and planning.

I foresee increased breadlines, waistlines, crossed wires and milk riots. I'm worried about the future application of daylight savings also. Our government is simply going to dissolve like a hot frog in a blender.


Let's not go over the top.
It's not like we're going to see issues of Biblical proportions, like you're suggesting - stuff like plague, rivers and seas boiling, cats and dogs living together.

But a lot of the funding and infrastructure provided by government is based around the census.

Re: Census 2016.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:29 pm
by Pseudo
Dogwatcher wrote:But a lot of the funding and infrastructure provided by government is based around the census.

Based on that census, all of the funding and infrastructure should be geared towards internet communications technology and hardware. :D