Thanks Karen, the bit that he forgot to mention is that the Government has decided this using the reason "it is so terrorists cannot get ahold of any information about people until all of them who filled it out are dead". Its part of the Government here's new policies about all kinds of things. We are about to lose freedom of speech in the interests of 'national security'. When I heard about the restriction on census results, it seemed to me that if noone such as tribunals and inquiries can USE the information and access it to inform decisions, such as future needs of people, actual ethnic constitution, socio-economic inequalities etc, what is the point of spending all that money, when they could just get a PO box and ask for stuff for a time capsule? It's funny funny times here downunder, there are things going on which might bring up echoes for anyone of German-Bohemian ancestry, and that's all I should say. Love to all my cousins, found and yet to be found Willow In Northern NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] for our Australian members > Posted by Dick Eastman at > > http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/11/australian_cens.html > #more > Australian Census Information to be Locked for 99 Years > Proposed new laws in Australia will keep all future census records under > lock > and key for 99 years. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris > Pearce > says the information will be strictly protected over the period, even > banning > courts and tribunals from accessing the information. > "The public can accordingly be confident this picture of Australia will, > in a > very real sense, be preserved in a time capsule, available after 99 years > has > expired, as a legacy for our descendants into the future," Mr. Pearce told > parliament. > He said the proposed laws would build on the experience of the 2001 > census, > where more than half the population opted to have their information > archived. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an > archive. >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Willow Aliento" <willowa@nor.com.au> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:00 PM Subject: Fw: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] for our Australian members > Thanks Karen, > the bit that he forgot to mention is that the Government has decided this > using the reason "it is so terrorists cannot get ahold of any information > about people until all of them who filled it out are dead". Its part of > the Government here's new policies about all kinds of things. We are > about to lose freedom of speech in the interests of 'national security'. > > When I heard about the restriction on census results, it seemed to me that > if noone such as tribunals and inquiries can USE the information and > access it to inform decisions, such as future needs of people, actual > ethnic constitution, socio-economic inequalities etc, what is the point of > spending all that money, when they could just get a PO box and ask for > stuff for a time capsule? > > It's funny funny times here downunder, there are things going on which > might bring up echoes for anyone of German-Bohemian ancestry, and that's > all I should say. > > Love to all my cousins, found and yet to be found > Willow > In Northern NSW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KarenHob@aol.com> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:05 PM > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] for our Australian members > > >> Posted by Dick Eastman at >> >> http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2005/11/australian_cens.html >> #more >> Australian Census Information to be Locked for 99 Years >> Proposed new laws in Australia will keep all future census records under >> lock >> and key for 99 years. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris >> Pearce >> says the information will be strictly protected over the period, even >> banning >> courts and tribunals from accessing the information. >> "The public can accordingly be confident this picture of Australia will, >> in a >> very real sense, be preserved in a time capsule, available after 99 years >> has >> expired, as a legacy for our descendants into the future," Mr. Pearce >> told >> parliament. >> He said the proposed laws would build on the experience of the 2001 >> census, >> where more than half the population opted to have their information >> archived. >> >> >> ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >> Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the >> list? >> Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an >> archive. >> > > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >