ABSTRACT
Technically, Australia is ‘a deliberately secular nation’ (Breward 1988: 99) with no official state church or religion. In fact the only mention of religion in Australia’s constitution is that:
The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any public office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
(Section 116 in Sawer 1988: 63)