Former census chief says fining people over names would be 'gross injustice'

By Peter Martin
Updated October 26 2016 - 8:24pm, first published October 25 2016 - 12:54pm
Bill McLennan appeared before the the Economics References Committee public hearing into the 2016 census at Parliament House on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Bill McLennan appeared before the the Economics References Committee public hearing into the 2016 census at Parliament House on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr McLennan on Tuesday Photo: Andrew Meares
Mr McLennan on Tuesday Photo: Andrew Meares

A former head of the Bureau of Statistics has told a Senate inquiry he considered not putting his name on this year's census form, knowing the bureau had no power to compel him to do so.

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