"[1] Although the Australian monarch is King Charles III, also British monarch and Governor of the Church of England, his Australian title is unrelated to his religious office and he has no role in the Anglican Church of Australia.
The prohibition against religious tests has allowed former Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Peter Hollingworth to be appointed Governor-General of Australia, the highest domestic constitutional officer; however, this was criticised.
Most states permit broad exemptions to religious groups from anti-discrimination legislation; for example, the NSW act allowing same-sex couples to adopt permits religious adoption agencies to refuse them.
On the one hand, secularists have argued that government neutrality to religions leads to a "flawed democrac[y]"[7] or even a "pluralistic theocracy"[8] as the government cannot be neutral towards the religion of people who do not have one.
On the other hand, religious groups and others have been concerned that state governments are restricting them from exercising their religion by preventing them from criticising other groups and preventing them from refusing to do acts that they deem unconscionable according to their faith.