Talk:Australia

Religion order

Following edits, reversion, discussion in #Religion above, we were unable to reach an agreement on the details of the Religion section of the infobox, so I have reverted to the last stable version. However, I disagree with the ordering of the entries in that version - in particular I propose that "No religion" should be listed last, rather than second (as it currently is), on the grounds that:

• The cited source lists "No religion" last - because it is not a religion (it is not included in "Other Religions" with Islam, Buddhism etc)
• The infobox (and the ABS) lists religions (counting all Christians together) by decreasing popularity, but "no religion" is not a religion, so it is not the second most popular religion and ought not be listed as such.

Can I have some opinions on this ordering please. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:24, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

There is no mention anywhere in the article that it is actually illegal to practice religion in some of the major cities in Australia and that just going to Church can have you fined a very large fine and for those who open a Church can be put in Jail. ZhuLien (talk) 10:11, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Please provide a reliable source to support that assertion. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:24, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 July 2021

Change the national language to Australian English 49.190.196.104 (talk) 14:24, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Sources generally refer to it as just English. Please provide additional sourcing to support this change. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:41, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

For extra clarity, Australian English is a variety of (or a set of varieties of) the English language, rather than being a separate language in itself, so we don't list it. ‑‑Volteer1 (talk) 14:44, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Suggestion: No section on science and technology

Just a small suggestion, many country articles have sections for science and technology (or some variation), could this be something added to the Australia article?

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

This page already has 57kB of prose, do sources put this on the same level as commodities and services? CMD (talk) 13:52, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2021

There seems to be some serious censorship and misinformation within the main English Australia article that even mention of it in the talk also gets the mention removed.

That is... Australia is now a dictatorship since 2020 and not a democracy with over half the population in forced home imprisonment. Many Australians cannot go outside without being beaten by police nor can we attend church without being beaten by police or arrested. Someone is refusing to allow any mention of recent events to show on the wiki page.

Why is this censorship allowed? Is it also driven by the Australian Government who is now locking up reporters (political prisoners), beating reporters (for doing their job) etc.

This is an important turn in the history of Australia and a real part of history that for the past 1.5 years has been occurring. Australian's need help from their tyrannical Government.

ZhuLien (talk) 22:00, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done You have not provided a "detailed and specific description of what changes need to be made", as requested by WP:EDITXY. Nor have you provided any reliable source to support your assertions. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:50, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

OMG you can just see people being beaten, harrassed constantly looking out the window in a typical Melbourne CBD apartment. Most news here is being censored, you can search youtube if you want to see much of it in action, some news media who are not the mainstream but these days seem more reliable are reporting it.

ZhuLien (talk) 10:27, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Please have a read of the links I have given you, so you know what Wikipedia is and isn't.Nickm57 (talk) 01:21, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

God save the queen should be listed under the national anthem as the royal anthem

Most commonwealth countries on wikipedia that have god save the queen as a anthem/royal anthem/special occasion anthem usually have it listed under the anthem of the coutry.

EX. Canada's wikipedia page and New Zealand's wikipedia page. Not a large request more rather a simple one

This has been discussed on numerous occasions, see Talk:Australia/Popular topics#Anthem, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus to include it. --Canley (talk) 00:14, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Australia is one of the most well known members of the Commonwealth of Nations. I understand with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore et cetera either they don't use the royal anthem or their membership is only nominal. At least include it in name only without the play button, like the New Zealand page. The lack of consistency is strange.Mantr33r (talk) 02:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps it is strange. But as the link above and as a search in archives shows, it has been discussed multiple times, with no consensus to change. Nickm57 (talk) 02:47, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

It's worth noting that at the end of the line naming the anthem, there's a little "N 1" in brackets. Its link takes you to a note at the bottom of the article that explains that God Save the Queen is the Royal Anthem. HiLo48 (talk) 02:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

That is very worthy of pointing out Hilo48 but it should be more visible on the article like Canada or at the very least new zealands page. This should get a conesus soon due to it being soooo simple. User:IHeartVeronica