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The Rationalist Society of Australia has called on crossbench MPs and senators to protect the integrity of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' census question development process following deeply concerning revelations about political interference. The ABS cancelled a large-scale 2024 test of an improved religion question after a coordinated lobbying campaign by Catholic Church leaders and the Albanese government's failure to meet its own deadlines. FOI documents show the ABS had explicitly rejected religious lobbyists' arguments — yet ultimately adopted a question its own executives acknowledged may bias responses. The NSL strongly supports the RSA's call: Census data must serve to represent all Australians, not religious interests. #auspol #census26 Learn more about our joint campaign to improve Census data: https://censusnotreligious.org.au https://rationalist.com.au/rsa-urges-mps-to-safeguard-abs-process-from-political-interference/