Why the Mormon church is on an expansion project, with two secretive new temples planned for Australia

Why the Mormon church is on an expansion project, with two secretive new temples planned for Australia

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will build 15 new temples in countries across the world, including one in Liverpool, New South Wales. This follows a similar announcement last year of plans to build a second temple for Queensland, in South Brisbane. The two new structures – together with existing temples in Sydney (1984), Adelaide (2000), Melbourne (2000), Perth (2001) and Brisbane (2003) – will bring the total nu…