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Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics,

I am seeking any documents about the Labor Government's previous election
commitment to introduce whole-of-government standards for measuring
Australia’s diversity that outline how the Australian Bureau of Statistics
could potentially expand data collection with an emphasis on expanding
ethnicity data collection and associated health metrics.

Yours faithfully

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Dear applicant,

I am writing in regard to your Freedom of Information request received by
the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on 02 November 2025 [Reference
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Please find attached the formal response from the ABS to your request.

Should you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact
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Dear applicant

Thank you for your revised Freedom of Information request.  The scope of
your Freedom of Information request has been updated to:

"briefings, excluding duplicates and drafts, on whole-of-government
standards for measuring Australia's diversity and how to potentially
expand data collection with an emphasis on expanding ethnicity data
collection"
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you on or before 3 December 2025.

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I am revising my FOI request to be for any briefings, excluding duplicates
and drafts, on whole-of-government standards for measuring Australia's
diversity and how to potentially expand data collection with an emphasis
on expanding ethnicity data collection.

I am specifically seeking briefings between May 2022 and August 2024.

Yours sincerely

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Dear applicant,

I am writing in regard to your Freedom of Information request received by

the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on 02 November 2025 [Reference

FOI 2025 26-20].

Please find attached the formal response from the ABS to your request.

Should you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact

the ABS FOI team.

Kind Regard

ABS FOI Team

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Bureau of Statistics

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