Editing Poet laureate (section)

==== Australia ====
On January 30, 2023, at the launch of 'Revive', [[Australia]]'s new cultural policy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced "the establishment of a poet laureate for Australia".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gosetti |first=Valentina |date=30 January 2023 |title=Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?' |url=https://theconversation.com/australia-is-to-have-a-poet-laureate-how-will-the-first-appointment-define-us-as-a-nation-198769 |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=The Conversation}}</ref> Before 2023, Australia had not had an official poet laureate scheme, despite past suggestions.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 May 1945 |title=Australian poet laureate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1091045 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Noonan |first1=Kathleen |date=12 October 2009 |title=Australia needs a poet laureate |url=https://www.news.com.au/news/australia-needs-a-laureate/news-story/c0f0f33e4996bb83b569583c697163d5?sv=91375cad4ac443e28dd414b63da7569b |access-date=21 June 2020 |agency=news.com.au}}</ref>  In 1818, former convict [[Michael Massey Robinson]] was paid by colony governor [[Lachlan Macquarie]] for services as poet laureate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Steven |date=28 February 2018 |title=Australia needs a Poet Laureate |url=https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/articles/australia-needs-a-poet-laureate/ |access-date=21 June 2020 |website=The Centre for Independent Studies}}</ref>  Over the years, other poets have been nominated as worthy of such a title, including [[James Brunton Stephens]] (1835–1902),<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 1894 |title=Brunton Stephens. Australian Poet Laureate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181830291 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[The Week (Brisbane)|The Week]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 |via=Trove}}</ref> [[Banjo Paterson|Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson]] (1864–1941),<ref>{{cite news |date=15 April 1933 |title=Gallery of Australian authors. 'Banjo' Paterson, Poet Laureate. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113453960 |access-date=21 June 2020 |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 (Daily.) |via=Trove}}</ref> and [[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]] (1938–2019).<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNab |first1=Heather |date=12 June 2019 |title=Australia's unofficial poet laureate Les Murray farewelled |url=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/australia-s-unofficial-poet-laureate-les-murray-farewelled-20190612-p51x3m |access-date=21 June 2020 |publisher=Australian Financial Review}}</ref>