The Information Commissioner is preparing an application to the Federal Court to compel the release of the 1911 census which I believe has a good chance of success. Assuming his application under the Access to Information Act is successful, we will get access to that census without having to make any deals or concessions. The next one due for release is the 1922 census which we want to see in 2013. Perhaps the privacy hysteria in government will have passed before then and we will be able to convince the powers that be to pass the necessary legislative amendments to "clarify" or ensure that all census are released after 92 years starting with the 1922 one. Lois Sparling