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[Decision Reversed] Labor's decision not to include sexuality and gender identity in the next census has drawn dissent from six of its MPs - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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**In short: **

Six Labor MPs including assistant minister Ged Kearney want their government to change its decision not to include gender identity and sexuality in the census.

Labor frontbenchers have said the decision was made to avoid a "divisive" debate but the MPs say the government should stick to the principle in Labor's national platform.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. That's been around since the 60s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation#Lissajous_curve_logo

You might be mistaking the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the American one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I absolutely am

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Easy mistake to make. The A(ustralian)BC actually predates the A(merican)BC by about a decade!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would have thought that references to the “Labor Party” and “MPs” (things that do not exist in the USA) was a pretty big hint that this story wasn’t American.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You'd think so, yes