Do Australians use the letter Z?

Okay, so, do Australians actually use the letter Z? Seriously, I get asked this all the time, and honestly, it kinda gets under my skin! Like, do people really think we just skipped a whole letter in the alphabet down here?

Of course we use Z! It's not like it's banished or anything. We just... call it "zed." Yeah, like the Brits. It's a pronunciation thing, see? We got most of our spellings and pronunciations from the UK way back when, so "zed" stuck.

Think about it – we're not living in some weird Z-less alternate reality. We eat pizza, we go to the zoo to see zebras. I mean, come on! I even had a friend named Zachary once! (He mostly went by Zach, but still, the Z was there!). It’s a perfectly normal, functioning letter, doing its job just like all the others. So why do people think we don't use it? I guess it's just one of those weird stereotypes that sticks around. Honestly, it's a bit ridiculous, isn't it? It's like assuming all Americans only eat hamburgers. You know? Just… not true!