Back in 1991 some friends lived in a large one bedroom flat in the middle of
Perth

In order to do our bit to "help" the govt obtain useful data, we arranged to
have a party on the Tuesday census night

The party included a sleepover for any that wanted

We got something like 20 people (my friends had asked the census person who
dropped off the forms for 40 extra individual forms ! )

Later I heard that in the whole of WA, something like 50 households
comprised of 5 or more people being forced to live in single bedroom
accomodation

It has occured to me that we on this newsgroup can initiate a scheme where
many of us sleep in our cars on census night........the car can be parked on
the driveway/lawn/garage whatever and have electric cord for a heater or
small tv etc

Otherwise  perhaps a tent in the backyard.  I seem to recall thinking last
time, 5 years ago, that a substantial tent community could "apparently" be
brought into existence.  I  can't remember the exact wording but there was a
facility for those living in tents and cars and the like

Just an idea, how we can all do our bit to "help" the  GovCo obtain
"useful" information on our lives

BTW.....and I cannot speak for the accuracy of this at all, but recently I
was in NZ mixing with some university types, and it was said that if you put
for religion on a NZ census form "Pagan" then the answer is disregarded as
being deliberately false.  Whereas if you put "Jedi" that is accepted
because previously StarWars fans jumped through the necessary legal hoops to
get it recognised as a bona fida religion.

However something I do know, and this relates to the record of the
percentage of population  who identify as Pagan being
under-represented........Many years ago a friend of mine went to one of
Perth's major private hospital "St John of God" (in Subiaco)

Upon checking in the nurse/administrator was taking details.  For religion
when asked my friend said "Pagan".

Nurse-admin  "Oh we'll just leave that one blank then"

I would guess that SJoG hospital is Catholic owned, and other "approved"
religions  likely to include the major Protestant variations......Baptists,
Methodist, and the like

I wonder if they also refuse to register the religious orientation of Jews
and Moslems  at that hospital ?

Maybe this year census I should record myself as JEDI. or perhaps a Zootist-
one of the Chosen.  I'm NOT a follower of the Ori from Stargate, but perhaps
there's something from Blakes 7 or Dr Who, I can reasonably claim that I
honestly believe in.

cheerio
Cate
--

Patsy........."So is killing NOT wrong anymore ?"
Trudy........"We don't have to worry about right and wrong anymore, Zoot
decides for us"
................The Tribe ep 2:49

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