Australian Politics Forum - Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier)

UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24733 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier) Reply #15 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 3:02pm Gnads wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 8:41am: UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2021 at 11:04pm: Took 10 minutes to fill out. Maybe .... if you're at home on census night. My work hours are already set and I will not be working that night.
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Reply #16 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 3:26pm

Aussie wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2021 at 4:05pm:

Just tried to do ours. Bastard of a thing would not let me passed the names of 'who is in household question.' I filled it out....pressed 'next' and was sent back to complete it.

Schits me. Have another go tomorrow.

Done. Getting past that was not intuitive...it was plain dumb on the part of the ABS. It looks like all you have to do is just fill in the names, but nah....you have to hit what I reckon is an unnecessary other button.....before you can enter names. Stupid.

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Reply #17 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

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Reply #18 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:14pm

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm:

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

It may not be the ABS's fault.

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11236 armidale Gender:	Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier) Reply #19 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:18pm The spare copies are for handing out to local homeless residents. They are advised to write -address : none.
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Reply #20 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:21pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:14pm:

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm:

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

It may not be the ABS's fault.

The delay between my neighbours getting theirs and me getting mine
was probably down to Aus Post.

Although, it wasn't Aus Post who addressed 3 forms to Karen's unit.

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Reply #21 - Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:35pm

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:21pm:

John Smith wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:14pm:

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm:

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

It may not be the ABS's fault.

The delay between my neighbours getting theirs and me getting mine
was probably down to Aus Post.

Although, it wasn't Aus Post who addressed 3 forms to Karen's unit.

Probably all arranged by some private contractor at double the cost.

When I was there I tried to straighten the ABS out in its systems... designed and built stuff for accuracy from the bottom up ... nothing stuck it seems and they've gone backwards... just an appearance money job for selected groups..... you know who .... No Country For Hard-Working Men...

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Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier)
Reply #22 - Aug 5^th, 2021 at 5:37pm

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:21pm:

John Smith wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:14pm:

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm:

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

It may not be the ABS's fault.

The delay between my neighbours getting theirs and me getting mine
was probably down to Aus Post.

Although, it wasn't Aus Post who addressed 3 forms to Karen's unit.

Had a parcel once posted from Brissie to go to the GC ... somehow it went up to Rockie, then onto Darwin, somehow got sent down to Melbourne, then back to Brissie via Sydney before it was finally delivered on the GC

friggen thing traveled more kilometers than most people do in their lives Grin

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29355 Gender:	Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier) Reply #23 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 9:24am Had a similar thing happen to a parcel I had coming from Sydney .... got to Brisbane .... was sent to Adelaide ... back to Sydney .... then back to Brisbane before making its way... 3 hrs north of Brisbane ... Aust Post ..... pharking hopeless... illiterate idiots in the mail sorting centres??
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9390 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier) Reply #24 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 9:39am https://twitter.com/ShuggyMF/status/1404631847741517825 (click on the image for full view) lol.
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Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier)
Reply #25 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 9:57am

Aussie wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 3:26pm:

Aussie wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2021 at 4:05pm:

Just tried to do ours. Bastard of a thing would not let me passed the names of 'who is in household question.' I filled it out....pressed 'next' and was sent back to complete it.

Schits me. Have another go tomorrow.

Done. Getting past that was not intuitive...it was plain dumb on the part of the ABS. It looks like all you have to do is just fill in the names, but nah....you have to hit what I reckon is an unnecessary other button.....before you can enter names. Stupid.

Maybe it is you who is stupid? Nobody else seems to have had the problem in finding the "button". Were you expecting 12 Little Indians to be residing at your place on Census night and there wasn't enough room for all their names?

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Reply #26 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 10:04am

Gnads wrote on Aug 6^th, 2021 at 9:24am:

Had a similar thing happen to a parcel I had coming from Sydney ....

got to Brisbane .... was sent to Adelaide ... back to Sydney .... then back to Brisbane before making its way... 3 hrs north of Brisbane ...

Aust Post ..... pharking hopeless...

illiterate idiots in the mail sorting centres??

Some couriers struggle too, I had a parcel sent from Sydney, took 2 days to get to Brisbane then 12 days to get from Eagle Farm to South Brisbane...

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Reply #27 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 4:35pm

Kat wrote on Aug 4^th, 2021 at 7:08pm:

Everyone in my unit complex had received their census forms a week or more ago
- except yours truly.

My neighbour Karen (it's her actual name - she's not 'a Karen', far from it) actually
got 3, all addressed to her unit so it wasn't the postie's fault.

So the other night, in the throes of a paroxysm of boredom I decided to do mine
online. Answered all the questions, then saved and exited. I had planned to not
send it til it was due just in case someone happened to lob here on that night.

Annnnd... today the paper form finally turned up in the mail.

Organisation certainly isn't the ABS's strong point.

Sensing BS.

How did you manage to login online without the Id and password provided in the letter?

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Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier)
Reply #28 - Aug 6^th, 2021 at 7:21pm

Gnads wrote on Aug 6^th, 2021 at 9:24am:

Had a similar thing happen to a parcel I had coming from Sydney ....

got to Brisbane .... was sent to Adelaide ... back to Sydney .... then back to Brisbane before making its way... 3 hrs north of Brisbane ...

Aust Post ..... pharking hopeless...

illiterate idiots in the mail sorting centres??

the guys sorting have seconds to look for the postcode and grab it off the conveyor belt and throw it in the right bin before they miss the opportunity, with thousands of parcels on the belt at once. It's very easy to make a mistake. I tried doing it one day to help them, my head was spinning after 5 minutes and I had to walk away because i felt queezy

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 136749 Gender:	Re: Census 2021 - 10th August (or earlier) Reply #29 - Aug 9^th, 2021 at 10:32am Just did it. Took seven minutes all up, including retrieving code and changing password. Impressed at how simple it was.
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