Legal advice provided to Australian Statistician on provision of name requirement

James Smith made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Bureau of Statistics

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The request was refused by Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Dear Australian Bureau of Statistics,

The Australian Statistician has publicly refuted claims made by others that there is no legal requirement to provide a name on the census.

I request a copy of the legal advice upon which the Statistician has arrived at this conclusion.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

Emily Covington, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Dear Mr Smith,

In response to your FOI request received on 10 August 2016, please find
attached the formal response from the ABS.

Should you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact
the ABS FOI Contact Officer on: 02 6252 7203 or email:
[1][ABS request email]

(See attached file: FOI 20161724.pdf)

Kind Regards,

FOI Contact Officer

Australian Bureau of Statistics

(P) (02) 6252 7203

(E) [2][ABS request email]   (W)  [3]www.abs.gov.au

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