00:00Standing side-by-side with a community the Prime Minister has long supported.
00:07After facing their anger over a decision to exclude them from the next Census.
00:13Until questions on gender identity and intersex people are included, the Census won't include all Australians.
00:20After promising to include questions on sexuality and gender identity in the five-year national snapshot, this week a different tune.
00:29We do not want to open up divisive debates in the community now.
00:35Instead creating division within Labor's own ranks, with several MPs urging the government to reconsider.
00:42We know that LGBTIQ Australians have, for example, higher rates of suicide than the general population and that makes this data even more important.
00:53And forcing Anthony Albanese's hand.
00:56There will be a question in the Census if it is successfully tested by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
01:07That question will be about sexuality, but advocates say it's still unclear whether gender identity will also be included.
01:15We absolutely want to ensure that all LGBTIQ people are included.
01:20The Greens are promising to bring a vote to Parliament to include those questions.
01:24Whatever changes Labor proposes now, it's too late.
01:27The opposition leader indicating he's open to including a new question, after a change of tone.
01:33If you've got the woke agenda, which I think is at odds with the vast majority of Australians, then the Prime Minister should argue that case.
01:40What is the opposition on LGBTIQ members of Australia being counted in the Census though?
01:44Well, I'm fine with that if the Prime Minister's got a proposal.
01:47This is the second issue in recent weeks which has prompted members of Labor's own caucus to speak out against the government's position.
01:54The speed at which the Prime Minister was forced to issue this back down shows how delicate it is, only months away from the next federal election.
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