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Why are Australians increasingly godless?

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A London bus featuring an atheist advertisement Source: AAP

Almost a third of Australians claim to have no religion, marking a huge change from the 1960s, when as many as 88 per cent identified as Christian.


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By Lydia Feng

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Almost a third of Australians claim to have no religion, marking a huge change from the 1960s, when as many as 88 per cent identified as Christian.


So why are today's Australians not as religious as their parents and grandparents?


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