ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
An elderly man uses balloons to kidnap a small boy
Up
To complete something
Finish
Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
Potato, chocolate, poker
Chips
The Australian Statistician
Dr David Gruen
A man tries to quit a reality TV show
The Truman Show
To disappear or cease to exist
Vanish
Dentophobia
fear of dentists
Beach, gum, masked
Ball
11th August, 2026
Census reference night
Newspaper intern takes up parkour
Spiderman
Grow or thrive
Flourish
Thalassophobia
Fear of being in the ocean
Snow, blood, piggy
Banks
1911
First national Census
A bunch of teenagers go to school on a Saturday
The Breakfast Club
Reduce in size, amount, or importance
Diminish
Triskaidekaphobia
Fear of the number 13
The bucket, bad habits, a football
Things you kick
1975
Year the ABS took its present name
A wealthy man gets in fights with a clown and a burn victim
The Dark Knight (Batman)
To create something with the intention of making it permanent
Establish
Nyctophobia
Fear of the night
Kidney, Mr., green
Bean