I kinda cringe a bit at the thought of taking on another culture's traditions and pretending they are ours...
At least when the Americans took on Halloween they 'Americanised' it, instead of pumpkins we should be putting candles inside stuffed Koalas and kids should dress up as real scary stuff... Something like 40 year old men playing with 25 year old computers:)
Oh and for god's sake, don't hand out candy in Australia, hand out lollies!