The supplied text indicates that Australia’s 2026 census is expected to introduce changes to questions on sex and sexual orientation, while removing a question about children. The changes matter because census data informs public policy, service planning and how different groups are counted.

However, the article extract contains no substantive reporting beyond the headline and navigation material, so it does not provide the precise wording, rationale, timetable or scale of the proposed changes. It therefore cannot confirm how the new questions would operate or what effect officials expect them to have.