So reading the ABS website they could have contacted the ABS to ask for a separate census form or should have filled it out prior to the 11th of August if they knew where they would be on the 11th.

You can find the information here.

Just found out that the World Tramdriving Championships are going to be hosted in Melbourne next year! Going to need to see if I can book some time off to go watch some sick tram action!

Reckon the local council should issue a littering fine to the responsible organisations!

I think you touch on a really good point. If the federal government was to use its powers like a cudgel to force compliance of the states it also creates a single point of failure if you have a change of government. We should be looking at building legislation at both the federal and state level synergistically.

Tangentially, look at the damage Roe V Wade has caused by being overturned. From how I’ve understood it the federal (and some state governments) have basically relied on the supreme court decision instead of building proper legislation to protect abortion.

From what I can tell from an admittedly brief search for more information is that if the federal government was to federally criminalise conversion therapy a legal challenge could be mounted by state governments as federal criminal law normally in relation to crime that crosses state borders (i.e. drug trafficking) and might be seen as federal overreach. (Though during my reading apparently the federal government has overridden state laws before; namely overriding Tasmanian sodomy laws so maybe it could be done)

Private school funding on the other hand I’m not as certain about. I don’t know if the Act that details how funding for non-government schools is dispensed allows the federal government to place restrictions on funding based on discriminatory practices in these schools. It might be something that needs to be done on a state level.

Sigh, this means I’m going to be fighting for the apartment clothes line again! Better set up alarm for 5am!

There’s star wars trivia tonight at the fortress in central mall!

Started playing a game called space station 14 again! Super fun but the only downside is the 2.5hr rounds! Sucks to play one round and realise have the afternoon has vanished!

Sadly though that is going to be a far harder thing to accomplish in the short term! Really the truth is we need to stop allowing Sydney to grow out but instead need to really incentivise developing higher density to help justify more PT

I’d say they should call a plumber but the call out fee would be astronomical!

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Gotta be better than the astronauts on the Artemis II mission. Apparently the toilet is blocked!

I just hope there isn’t any trackwork this coming long weekend! Having both the trains and metro down really sucked!

I hope they look at possibly running a line from Victoria Cross connecting to Parramatta. Could send it north to Lane cove to give them access to the metro network before going west to place stations through the Ryde region with an interchange at West Ryde. (Though my dream is that the line would start at Chatswood and swing around east before getting to Victoria Cross to finally link the northern beaches in.)