‘Kidding yourself’: Stark warning as 2026 Census data is collected

News24 host Peta Credlin calls the Census into question, saying people should be wary of how their information will be handled, as it could be weaponised. “If you don’t think the activists don’t use the Census as a weapon, you are kidding yourself,” News24 host Peta Credlin said. “If you think that the independence of the Australian Bureau of Statistics means that the government has no hand in how tonight’s Census document is shaped, then think again there too. “The Albanese government has its fingerprints all over this Census.”