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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mike Hohnen

Afternoon Update: LGBTI+ data revealed; Raygun musical creator announces new show; and when political interviews go wrong

The Sydney Opera House is lit up with the progress pride flag
New population data shows almost one in 10 young Australians indentify as LGBTI+. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Welcome, readers, to Afternoon Update.

In what has been called the “first nationally representative data of their kind in Australia”, the ABS has revealed that an estimated 4.5% of the Australians aged 16 years and over are lesbian, gay, bi, trans or gender diverse, or intersex (LGBTI+).

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