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Is the title "magistrate" appropriate for Australian magistrates, or would another title be more appropriate? This article argues that the title "magistrate" should be changed to "judge" in Australia in the jurisdictions where such a change has not already taken place. The most convincing reason why the authors argue for this change concerns their findings from the online survey distributed in 2018 to all Australian magistrates: 60% of all Australian magistrates responded to this first of its kind survey; 95.25% of the magistrate respondents wanted a change to their title; and 86.44% of the magistrate respondents did not think that the title "magistrate" accurately reflected their position. This article also provides other relevant arguments for changing the title "magistrate", including that such a change has already taken place in some Australian and overseas jurisdictions, as well as that magistrates undertake the same work as judges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]