Electronic census teething problems?
Received under the door, a card: “I called today to remind you to return your completed Census form(s), however no one was at home.” The card contained the census collector’s phone number. Robin called him to say we had filled out the online form. The reply was that the form wasn’t filled in correctly. However, he could not identify which online form was the culprit (Robin and I filled out separate forms), nor could he explain why we had received confirmation numbers after successfully filling out the form. Of course, once you complete the form, you’re locked out and can’t get back in. At least I kept my confirmation number and know they can’t fine me straight away. It’ll be ironic if filling out the online form proves to be more hassle than just handing in the paper version.



I filled that out and haven’t heard or received anything from the ABS or anyone else of that ilk … I’m supposing that means I don’t have to do anything, although clarifying “this means the census collector who dropped off your form won’t be contacting you again” would have been nice.
What’s more they did a great job on the form itself, which is rare to see (although having worked at the ABS, I do know they have a lot of very qualified forms design people there… even if technology wise they are in the stone age).