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Freedom of religion and secularism in Australia

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Australia has been a secular country since federation. The constitution of 1901 prohibits the commonwealth government from interfering with the free exercise of any religion.


For tens of thousands of years, Australia's religion has been based on the spiritual traditions of the Dreaming practised by its first inhabitants.

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