Australian online census fails after reported overseas hacking

Australian officials in charge of the 2016 census for Tuesday 9th of August are redfaced after a major failure.
The census was being migrated to online for the first time, but it failed to live up to the expectations with most Australians being unable to access the main site.
Arthur Stevens has more:

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