Interactive: So if organisations in Australia already know everything about everyone, then where is The Plan.

Oh they have a Plan alright. There is a 50 Year Plan, a 30 year plan, a 25 year plan, a 15 year Plan, a 10 & a 5 year plan. It gets revised closer to the implementation of a particular Project as a result of the Census.

Around Townsville on the Highway north there is an Over Hear Rail Bridge. In it are two Multilane openings. So far only one has been used the other is overgrown & filled with odd mounds of dirt. It was built in the early 60’s. But, eventually another road will get built through there to service the Northern Beaches going North & the one there now will be the Road South. To the West of Townsville, on Ant Hill Plains there is an area that when you buy a block of land around that area you sign a Document saying you won’t complain about the Aircraft noise. There are three small Hobby Air Strips in the Area so people don’t mind signing.

I just happen to know that eventually that’s where a New International Air Port will be built & Garbutt will revert to a full Military Base. I saw the Plans in the 70’s. A mate was in charge of doing the Drainage & Culverts in the Area. All very, very hush, hush at the time. The Ross Dam was put in to drain the Area, not supply Townsville with a Water Supply.

Lot’s of things like that around if you keep your eyes open.

Oh & one of my uncles was Shady Lane (Bedroom Relation) in the Queensland Government at the time. He said at the time that the Area was a good place to make an investment & it would pay off eventually.

Obviously The Plan for Townsville is not so good.

With an unemployment rate in Townsville approaching 14%, (regarded as the worst unemployment rate in Australia).

As well as numerous social problems in Townsville, and the environment around Townsville is in rapid decline, and of course the Great Barrier Reef offshore from Townsville is dying.

The planning for the rest of QLD is much the same.

The Census has been of no benefit to anyone, and there was no consultation with the public regards the recent changes that the ABS have imposed on the public.

It has resulted in one of the greatest bureaucratic stuff ups in Australia's history, and heads should roll because of it.

I would think complete removal of the entire management hierarchy of the ABS, and their replacement with managers willing to consult with the public.

The managers removed from the ABS will have to learn to rub shoulders with the plebs on the dole lines at Centerlink.

I tend to agree with the author, but only because in today's modern world we all have a myriad of information "tentacles" reaching into numerous government departments, be they local, state or federal, weather we like it or not.
Can't get away from that if you want even a basic level of standard of living.

Hey interactive best you take a look at this link. It sort of backs up my last post. Every time you fill out an On Line Survey, every time you use your Credit Card or turn on your Computer. Some one Some where knows about it.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/company-built-profile-every-american-115515020.html

Poll; Should I change my Avatar to Swizzlestick?

Jayb,

Of course data is being kept on people.

And this is the reason why no one, (particularly young people who have their life ahead of them), should ever use spyware such as Facebook or Twitter.

The big difference with the ABS is that it is compulsory for people to supply an unelected organisation with personal data.

And this data will be kept for 4 years for that organisation to do whatever it wants with that data.

And no public consultation was carried out by this organisation before it went ahead with its plans.

Not carrying out public consultation before setting a policy for the public is archaic management, and something a political party would normally do.

The ABS now shows itself as archaic, and no better than a political party.

Interactive: The big difference with the ABS is that it is compulsory for people to supply an unelected organisation with personal data.

I don't know what you are complaining about. You give more personal Data away than is wanted in the Census every time you use your Credit Card.