Yes, it'd be much clearer to expand the question to a simple “Does the person have a religion?” before asking which one.
“[Michael Dove, chair of the Census21 Group, told Crikey that] the current question on the [#AustralianCensus, “What is the person's religion?”] leads many people to talk about their cultural background rather than what religion they align with.
“It was in the interests of bishops and the church that the “cultural Catholics get counted so the Catholic Church can overstate its relevance, and continue to enjoy the privileged funding, policy, and media access benefits”, he said.
““There’s an awful lot of religious privilege that flows from the census stage and that needs to be changed.””
@melanie "Vermiculite was discovered in the mountains near Libby in 1919, and vermiculite mining quickly became the dominant industry in town. The mineral, which has many commercial uses, from acoustic tiling to insulation, is perhaps most widely known today as the small white bits mixed into potting soil. ... When WR Grace & Company acquired the mines in 1963, they were producing 80% of the world's vermiculite. However, the strain of vermiculite being mined was heavily contaminated with a number of asbestiform minerals that have come to be known as Libby amphibole mix." https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(17)30048-6/fulltext
If you wanted to write today about vested interests, about the groups (and their networks) that are preventing governments from pursuing the reforms needed for Australia's economy to flourish, you'd have different targets.
"The gunman, 63, shot Jennifer Petelczyc, 59, and her 18-year-old daughter, Gretl, on Friday at their Floreat home, where his ex-wife was believed to have been staying, before taking his own life."
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