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Listen to the complete interview where Dr Scott Hollier chats to Philip Jenkinson about the accessibility of the online Census.
Introduction
You're listening to a podcast from Media Access Australia. Inclusion through technology.
Philip
I’m speaking with Dr Scott Hollier, Media Access Australia’s Specialist Advisor, Digital Accessibility. Today’s focus is on his recent accessibility review of the 9 August Census that Scott conducted before, during and after that fateful night. So, Scott, as we all know, the 2016 Census was a total debacle from go to whoa but did it pass or fail in terms of accessibility in its online form?
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