_____ From: Robyn Leeds [mailto:honey@honeyshome.com] Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 7:11 AM To: Dawn Webb Subject: Re: [FindingFamilies] CENSUS 2006 this was on another list... ................ SAVING OUR CENSUS! TELL 10 OF YOUR FRIENDS TO TELL 10 OF THEIR FRIENDS TO TICK "YES" TO Q 60 ON CENSUS NIGHT 8 AUGUST 2006. "The next Australian census will be conducted on the night of Tuesday 8 August 2006 and will cost in the order of 300 million dollars. It will contain 61 questions, of which all will be compulsory except the ones on religion and census retention. The retention question (Q60) reads: "Does each person in this household agree to his/her name and address and other information on this form being kept by the National Archives of Australia and then made publicly available after 99 years?" If this question is ignored, it will be treated as a NO. The Census Information Legislation Amendment Bill (2005) was introduced into the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament on 3 November 2005 and passed later that month unopposed. It was passed by the Australian Senate on 27 February 2006 and awaits Royal assent to become law. The Bill amends the Census and Statistics Act (1905) and the Archives Act (1983) relating to the retention of identified census information by the National Archives of Australia. The Bill ensures that name identified information collected in all future Australian censuses will be preserved for future genealogical and other research. Retention only applies to information supplied by those households that provide explicit consent on the census form. Some 51 percent of Australian's answered "YES" to the retention of their forms in the 2001 census survey. This was in effect a national referendum of the Australian people and a majority voted that our history matters. We can do even better this year. As with the 2001 survey, during the 99 year period, the name identified information will not be released by the National Archives under any circumstances. The Australasian Federation of Family History Organizations (AFFHO) is working closely with the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the National Archives of Australia to assist in the national public education campaign prior to census night. Please support us by encouraging as many Australians as possible to answer YES in the census question concerning the retention of this vital record of the Australian culture. Unless you answer YES your census form will not be retained in the archives. More details will soon be published on the AFFHO webpage of the campaign and how you can help. Nick VINE HALL, Chairman, AFFHO Census Working Party nick@vinehall.com.au ALL GENEALOCAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN AUSTRALIA PLEASE COPY AND PUBLISH IN YOUR NEXT NEWSLETTER. SPONSORED LINKS Family <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Family+history+genealogy&w1=Family+hist ory+genealogy&w2=Family+histories&w3=Australia&c=3&s=67&.sig=Lc3Yo69fIxUv8la 0EcTV7Q> history genealogy Family <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Family+histories&w1=Family+history+gene alogy&w2=Family+histories&w3=Australia&c=3&s=67&.sig=a-7-Nf2nqRQAM5F6lLtOfw> histories Australia <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Australia&w1=Family+history+genealogy&w 2=Family+histories&w3=Australia&c=3&s=67&.sig=S_35BvTCq5xtnD_DREkFRw> _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "FindingFamilies <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FindingFamilies> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FindingFamilies-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FindingFamilies-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____