New FOI documents reveal comms meltdown on night of #CensusFail

Emails between the Australian Bureau of Statistic’s Census team and its external partners paint a picture of a communications breakdown with no crisis plan, newly released correspondence reveals.

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The documents, released following an application under the Freedom of Information Act, detail email communications between the team.

The emails show a day which began calmly dealing with last-minute campaign approvals. But by 10:00pm the Prime Minister’s Office was involved and Census night was officially in crisis.

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