The PM's backflipped on asking if you’re gay in the Census. Will it backfire?
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It's been a big week of debate over the 2026 census and a handful of questions that might – or might not – be added to it.
This episode, we speak to one of the Labor MPs who rebelled against the Government’s decision to exclude questions about LGBTIQA+ Australians from the Census – and get his take on a partial backflip from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this morning.
Labor's Federal Member for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, Josh Burns, joins Bension Siebert for this episode of The Briefing.
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