As an Atheist I consider this good news
Irreligion in Australia
Major religious affiliations in Australia by census year[1]
Atheism, agnosticism, deism, scepticism, freethought, secular humanism or general secularism are increasing in Australia.[2] Post-war Australia has become a highly secularised country.[3] Religion does not play a major role in the lives of much of the population.[4]
A 2006 study by Monash University, the Australian Catholic University and the Christian Research Association found that 52 per cent of Australians born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in a god.[26]
A study in 2011 by the Christian Research Association discovered that the attendance of Uniting Churches has declined by 30% over the past 10 years. President Philip Hughes predicts the decline in church attendance will continue "at least for the next 20 years". The study also found that the average age of people attending Catholic and Anglican churches is around 60 years.[44]
According to a report by the American Physical Society, religion may die out in Australia and eight other Western world countries.[50][51]
A 2010 survey by The Sunday Age asked all 30 members of the First Rudd Ministry about their religious beliefs. Fifteen declined to comment, ten said they were "Christian" and three stated that they were atheists: health minister Nicola Roxon, defence personnel minister Greg Combet and financial services minister Chris Bowen. The remaining two, finance minister Lindsay Tanner and treasurer Wayne Swan, both described themselves as agnostic Christians, with Swan believing that "values, rather than religion, are important in public life". Tanner added, "I doubt whether it would make much difference to a political career for someone to describe themselves as atheist."[16]
According to a 2009 Nielsen survey, 84% of 1000 respondents agree that religion and politics should be separate.[17]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_Australia
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.