Australians experiencing “renewed spiritual awakening” during COVID-19, research shows
Sydney, Australia Australians are experiencing a “spiritual awakening” during COVID-19, with a recent report showing they have been thinking more about God, praying more often and considering the meaning of life. At a time when there was “wavering support for religious symbolism in public life” and the church was considered to be “on the decline and […]
Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage closed; results published next week
The result of Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage will be published at 10am next Wednesday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics officially closed the survey on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the ABS estimated that it had received 12.6 million surveys – representing 78.5 per cent of eligible voters – but noted that figure did not […]
CENSUS: ALMOST A THIRD OF AUSTRALIANS TICK ‘NO RELIGION’ BUT MORE THAN HALF IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIANS
DAVID ADAMS reports on what the 2016 Census reveals about Australia’s religious landscape…
‘Typical’ Aussie a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, according to preliminary Census data release
The ‘typical’ Australian is a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, has completed Year 12 and lives in a three bedroom house with two motor vehicles, according to preliminary data from last year’s Census in Australia. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday also showed that the typical Australian male […]
CENSUS: CAMPAIGN URGES AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS NOT TO “GLOSS OVER” THE ‘RELIGION QUESTION’
The night of Tuesday, 9th August, is Census night in Australia. DAVID ADAMS speaks with Nathan Brown about a push to educate Christians about why – and how – they should answer the ‘religion question’…