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Census - Not Religious? Mark 'No Religion'.

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At the 2026 Census, you’ll be asked whether you have a religion. If you no longer see yourself as religious, mark 'No Religion'. https://nitter.gq/t.co/RcnPXepJl1

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🎧 On ABC Radio Tasmania this week, spokesperson Michael Dove outlined the problem with the leading nature of the Census religion question & highlighted the importance of the separate personal form for people who need privacy. More: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious
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Leading up to today – Census day – we’ve been highlighting the authentic stories of Australians who have walked away from religion and who will be marking ‘No religion’ on this year’s Census. Join them in marking ‘No religion’: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Today, we're marking 'No religion'

ALT Today, we're marking 'No religion'

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On its website, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ own guidance to non-religious people for how to answer the Census religion question is clear: mark ‘No religion’. Find out more about our campaign: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
ABS: "If the person identifies with no religion at all, select 'No religion'."

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No one else decides who you are: not your upbringing, not the person filling in your household's Census form. The answer is yours to give. If religion is not part of your life, mark 'No religion' on 11 August. #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026 censusnotreligious.org.au/se…
The answer is yours to give

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As we count down to Census day on Tuesday 11 August, former Victorian member of parliament @FionaHPatten urges Australians to reflect on who they are now in answering the religion question. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
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What’s your true relationship with religion, right now? If religion is no longer part of your life, be honest with yourself and mark 'No religion' on the Census. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious
Reflect on your current relationship with religion

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In comments on our website, we have welcomed the Australian Bureau of Statistics' statement today that people should answer the religion question accurately and according to their own beliefs. Read the full statement: censusnotreligious.org.au/20… #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
"Our campaign's central message... is that people should reflect their authentic selves when answering the religion question."

ALT "Our campaign's central message... is that people should reflect their authentic selves when answering the religion question."

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Our spokesperson Michael Dove speaks about the diversity of people who describe themselves as ‘spiritual but not religious’ and about why ‘No religion’ is the most appropriate response for them to the Census religion question. More: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious
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If you’ve been doubting the religious tenets you were told to believe and have reached the point of no return, mark the shift at this year's Census. Accurately reflect your new affiliation by marking ‘No religion’. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Ready to leave religion?

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Author and commentator @JaneCaro has thrown her support behind our campaign, urging Australians to tick the ‘No religion’ box on the Census “if it’s the truth for you”. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au/ #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
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Andrew Denton reminds Australians to be mindful that the Census question about religious affiliation – ‘What is the person’s religion?’ – automatically presumes everyone is religious. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/20… #Census26 #NotReligious
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As we grow and change, so do our beliefs. Every five years, the Census asks about your current relationship with religion. If your beliefs have changed, your answer can too. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
Your beliefs change. Your Census response can, too.

ALT Your beliefs change. Your Census response can, too.

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In a message for our campaign, media personality and assisted dying advocate Andrew Denton speaks about the importance of helping to deliver more accurate Census data for the religion question. Watch his full video on our website: censusnotreligious.org.au/20… #Census26 #NotReligious
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has itself acknowledged that the religion question used in the Census “may lead respondents to a particular response”. But you don’t have to be tricked by the leading nature of the question. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
ABS: Question "may lead respondents to a particular response"

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On the Independent Australia website, Johanna Browne writes about the importance of a private, separate form for people living in high-control religious households. Read the article: independentaustralia.net/pol… #Census26 #NotReligious
Why Australians need the right to answer their own Census

Why Australians need the right to answer their own Census

Australians should be free to record their own beliefs, identity and conscience without someone else answering the Census on their behalf.

independentaustralia.net
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As Sherrie from Recovering from Religion Australia explains, many people live in environments where they do not feel safe expressing their true religious beliefs. Such people can access a separate Census form. More: censusnotreligious.org.au/se… #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
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If you're not religious and you decide not to answer the religion question, you will be contributing to the under-counting of the non-religious population. And this leads to the continued privileging of religion in society. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious
Don't opt out! Make sure you count.

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Even if religion were a core part of your identity in the past – as for Keiran, who trained to be a Catholic monk – you should mark ‘No religion’ on the Census if you no longer think of yourself as religious. More: censusnotreligious.org.au #MyCensusStory #Census26 #NotReligious
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Surveys show Australia is less religious than the Census suggests — but it's the Census that shapes policy and funding. If you're not religious, marking 'No religion' helps build the real picture: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #Census2026
Help build the real picture

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If you consider yourself to be spiritual in some way but not religious, then it’s important that you mark ‘No religion’ when you’re responding to the religion question on this year’s Census. Find out more: censusnotreligious.org.au #Census26 #NotReligious #SBNR
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