Julian Charles Porteous (born 5 June 1949) is the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania.

[3] The booklet argued of gay men and women that "pretending that their relationships are ‘marriages’ is not fair or just to them."

There were calls by activists for others to refer the Archbishop to the Australian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.

[7] In 2022 Porteous was accused of promoting climate change skepticism in a church publication titled "Exposing the 'modern green religion'", platforming the views of mining-industry affiliated geologist Professor Ian Plimer.

[8] He attracted further accusations of discrimination in 2024 after publishing a public letter titled "We are Salt to the Earth", in which he denounced the "woke" movement and "radicalised transgender lobby".