is the census useful

tezza · Senior Member

is the census useful

davkar · Senior Member

We did ours on line. I have seen that people who did'nt will be caught and a fined of $110.00 a day will be done, not for this black duck. And yes it is linked with any goverment listings your name is on.
Regards

milo · Guru

on the radio they keep saying you wont be fined for not doing it.. sounds like mixed wires some where

delapan · Senior Member

yep i think it is useful, they know exactly how much you get and shows them how much more taxes they can slug us for !!!!!!!!!! guess i am just getting to be a cynical old so and so, if all the advertising hype is to be believed, there would be no troubles with the health system and not a pothole to be seen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

justcruisin01 · Guru

If it is used to calculate infrastructure requirments then they need a new calculator. confuse

Cruising Granny · Guru

I've become very cynical too in my old age. I don't think they asked enough questions in enough detail to determine anything much.
Don't hold your breath for any of those infrastructure improvements anytime soon.
In an ideal world it would make a difference, but as we keep learning, this is not an ideal world.
They have to be appearing to do something to keep in touch, but I think it was a waste of paper, printing costs and the distributors wages. Even they don't get paid very much by the hour, not the household.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

We noticed the number of questions to do with unpaid work, especially caring for someone in the household who cant manage daily living activities on their own. This is an area that has been long neglected by successive state and federal governments, so we were wondering if there might be something afoot. Maybe in another few years ago we might have a disability support system that is effective!

RosieW · Guru

Cruising Granny wrote:
I've become very cynical too in my old age. I don't think they asked enough questions in enough detail to determine anything much.
Don't hold your breath for any of those infrastructure improvements anytime soon.
In an ideal world it would make a difference, but as we keep learning, this is not an ideal world.
They have to be appearing to do something to keep in touch, but I think it was a waste of paper, printing costs and the distributors wages. Even they don't get paid very much by the hour, not the household.

Yep, I am with you on this one - a waste of $440 million. Wouldn't be so bad if it did something good for us, but all it does is give politicians a bunch of numbers to sprout, and creates jobs for buerocrats. The collectors are the only 'real' people I see gaining anything form this - a few hours (Government wage) paid work every 5 years.

ChiChi1 · Guru

Yes Rosie, The numbers can be used (and will be) to back up any arguments they like.

tiger5 · Senior Member

We did not have to do it as we were in Fiji on the night so how does that help improve services in our area!!!!!

Vic · Guru

tezza wrote:
I think it could be but only if we are honest. Ther were people in the park last night who refused to fill out one as they had filled it out last week before they left home. If one person did that fine, if 1000 did it??? if 100000 did it it becomes significant because that means that the decision makers are unaware of how many people are actually on the road in vans and therefore decision making about roadside stops , road spending, rest areas etc. may be made on incorrect info. Therefore i think it is important that we were honest and hopefully most were.

Well, not dobbing anyone in, but in the park we stayed at there was this bloke with a big stick saying fill it in and hand it in or else........so we did......sheesh, what a tough park manager he was........ wink biggrin

Cruising Granny · Guru

I have a feeling some of us will not live long enough to see any outcome from this census, even if we live another 50 years.
They pollies want to be seen to be doing, but what do they really do? Bugger all! And lots of it very well.
I hope I'm wrong.

Vic · Guru

We stayed a Mukinbudin on census night, where Tezza is currently managing. Well run, neat, clean and tidy and a credit to the Tezza's. Would recommend it to anyone. Nice town too and surrounding area.