Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [---] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

2013-04-27 Thread Kerry Raymond
Do I trust journalists? Not a lot. Do I believe in the scientific method? Yes, I do, so I decided to try downloading the census data and see what happened. I googled ABS census and it took me to a likely looking page. I followed the link and registered an account (requiring the usual name,

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [---] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

2013-04-27 Thread Kerry Raymond
It might be worth pointing out that the ABS responded to the original criticism: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/339819,abs-hobbles-census-data-downloaders.asp x Their response (attached at the bottom of the URL above) says: ABS responds A spokesperson for the ABS said the $250