Australia's Halloween hype down to US love (news.com.au) 28 Oct
2016 Halloween has become "normalised" in Australia due to its
"repeated appearance on American television. film and social media", an
American studies lecturer argues.
Halloween around the world - Australia (en.wikipedia.org)
Many people complain of the American influence of Halloween
but they ignore its history as a Celtic occasion like St Patrick's Day.
Halloween posters for houses (abc.net.au) 26 Oct 2015
Queensland Police have produced psoters to
enable homeowners to tell trick or treaters whether or not they are welcome.
The dark side to Halloween (mja.com.au)
This Medical Journal of Australia article points out
how scary Halloween really is: promotion of unhealthy confectionery, risk of
deliberate food contamination, risk of fire from unstable pumpkins, children
being hit by cars, face paint containing toxic lead levels.