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Brian Ross wrote on Jan 1^st, 2021 at 3:43pm:


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Cripes!
Have you lot all forgotten the push from indigenous groups last year to change the word from "young" to "one"?

ScoMo has just complied with that push.

For example:

UPDATED 11/11/2020
BY MAANI TRUU

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has joined calls to change the lyrics of the national anthem from "we are young and free" to "one and free" to reflect Indigenous Australians as the longest living culture in the world.

The comments were made on the morning of the second State of Origin match, a week after a number of players refused to sing the anthem during the first game, and during NAIDOC week, which celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements and culture.

Speaking to ABC News on Wednesday, Ms Berejiklian said "it's about time" to recognise the 60,000 years of Indigenous history on this continent.

"And I think if we say, 'We're one and free', it acknowledges that we're not really young as a continent. We're tens of thousands of years old when it comes to human inhabitants."

Ms Berejiklian said it would not be the first time the anthem had been changed. The first line of the anthem, for example, has been changed from "Australia's sons let us rejoice" to the current lyrics, "Australians all let us rejoice".


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Updated November 11, 2020 — 2.28pmfirst published at 11.52am

Indigenous leaders back NSW Premier's call for national anthem amendment

Indigenous leaders have backed the NSW Premier's call for an amendment to the national anthem to better recognise Australia's history before colonisation.

On Wednesday morning, Gladys Berejiklian advocated changing the first line of the anthem from saying "we are young and free" to "we are one and free".


"As a very young school child I remember learning 'Australia's sons let us rejoice'. Today we sing 'Australians all let us rejoice'. Similarly I believe singing we are 'one' and free rather than 'young' and free will acknowledge our proud Indigenous history.

"There should be a national discussion on this involving all Australians including Indigenous Australians."

Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine, a former chairman of the Indigenous Advisory Council, also threw his weight behind the campaign.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/indigenous-leaders-back-nsw-premier-s-call-f...

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Cathy Freeman’s call to change anthem
by Natalie Brown
26th Feb 2020 11:10 AM

Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has broken her silence on the national anthem debate, joining a growing list of high-profile sporting figures pushing to change the lyrics of Advance Australia Fair.

Freeman, one of the nation's most respected Indigenous voices, expressed her support for the Recognition in Anthem Project.

Founded by former Victorian Supreme Court judge Peter Vickery QC, RAP launched its proposal for an updated version of the national anthem last year, with the aim to "achieve recognition of Australian values and our First Peoples in the Australian National Anthem".


Advance Australia Fair was first performed in 1878, but has had the lyrics revised three times to adjust to significant social and political change.

The RAP's proposal calls for just one word to be changed in the first verse, and would see the second and third verses replaced entirely to include recognition of Indigenous heritage, multiculturalism and trademark Australian values such as mateship.

In the first verse, "We are young and free" became "we are one and free" when it was performed at Ormiston Gorge, west of Alice Springs, in September.

https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/cathy-freemans-call-to-change-anthem/...

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Our Proposal: Recognition in Anthem Project
The aim of the Recognition in Anthem Project (RAP) is to achieve recognition of Australian values and our First Peoples in the Australian National Anthem.

Symbolism can never be a substitute for substance. The changes proposed for one of our most important national symbols will be no substitute for practical policies and structures designed to make real and lasting differences to the lives of our indigenous citizens. Rather, the changes are advanced in support of such policies and structures and will work alongside them.

The refreshed National Anthem aims to contribute an important strand to truth telling and the journey towards reconciliation. The human voice in song has a unique power to heal and advance positive change for every Australian. All strands need to be woven together to lift the weight.

New Lyrics 
RAP presents an example of some fresh new lyrics called ‘Advance Australia Fair 2.0 - a Patriotic Song of Australia’. 

(See below for the full new song. Also view an earlier version of the new piece on You Tube ‘sung from the heart at Australia’s heart’ at Ormiston Gorge, Alice Springs, at the launch on 15 September 2019, click HERE). Since then, following further consultation and input, the new lyrics have been polished and adopted for consideration.

The new lyrics aim to:

In Verse 1

Convert words of exclusion ‘for we are young’ to words of inclusion. Many Australians of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage find it difficult, if not impossible, to sing the present National Anthem ...

philperth2010 wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2021 at 11:11pm:



didnt Anthony Mundine put on a show and refuse to have the Anthem played at one of his fights because of a WORD?....  then they stopped singing it at footy games.....you must be the only person in the country who hasnt heard the moaning....

ITS A BLOODY WORD....one little word....

the SKY ISNT FALLING>.

cods wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2021 at 10:57am:


What word?  Which fight?  When did they stop singing the anthem at the footy, cods?

I reckon your problem is probably your battery.  No charge.  Nada.

philperth2010 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2021 at 2:43pm:



So there was no need to consult with the overall community?  One man - one vote?  Are the common peons expected to just take it or leave it while the Black get a 'Voice'?

You clearly point out the fallacy of ANY 'Voice'.....

Why do we accept all this BS we're told just b/c a politician says it. Why does the change from "we are young and free" to "one and free" mean that we are acknowledging continuous indigenous culture on this continent. How on earth does anyone get that from the words "we are one and free" . Eurpoeans weren't here for 60 thousand years so in what sense are European Australians "one" with Indigenous Australians on that score. And thats just it. In a few years time we will have done full circle and the Indigenous leadership will be complaining that European Australians are appropriating indigenous culture by suggesting that somehow they share in the glory of the longstanding Indigenous culture on this continent by saying they're "one" with them.  Can we ever win this? Of course not. Victimhood is too attractive and for the charlatan leadership there's too much money and status to be made in continually finding reasons to be outraged and aggrieved.  We need to stand up to this BS and fight this dishonesty because if there's anything calculated to keep racism alive its this non stop search for greviances.

Jest wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2021 at 8:10pm:


Damn tootin'! And while we're at it, let's do something about the name. Advance Australia Fair? Real aborigines aren't 'fair'.

JaSin will be along in a moment to  elucidate the matter for us all...

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And haven't the conservatives been triggered by it? 

They are actually blaming the Left when the actual change was made by Scott Morrison

WE ARE AUSTRALIAN!!!

The Seekers (Musicians) have done a good piece there and 'lyrically' better than Advance Australia Fair or Waltzing Mathilda (a plagiarized song). It 'describes' a lot more... but can be 'dated' within 50 years as 'newer' Australians emerge along with 'professions' beyond being Nomads, Convicts, Settlers... what about Nihonese working in Tourism shops?

Remember that many 'Anthems' are played with NO LYRICAL input at Ceremonies - it's just the 'Music'.
So that should be the first stage of a New Anthem - how it sounds.
I must say the Argentinian Anthem was a beauty at the Rugby Union matches. You didn't need to understand the words - as the 'music' was very impressive to start with.
That's what Australia should be aiming for and let's leave it to the PROFESSIONALS (Musicians) to create, not Politicians, not 'Race' Activists and Sportspeople or even 'celebrities' ( ) - get me out of here!

It's starting to get pathetic these last 10 years regarding the Anthem. Which still seems stuck in 1788 when Politics took an investment into this part of the world, where only Farmers from Africa were toiling away.

Maybe we should drag out David Gilmour to create a National Anthem for us? He could call it

Dark Side of the Planet?

Seriously, only a Musician/Song Writer should have anything to say upon this matter, let alone the 'Last Word' on it after 'correlating' all the complaints about the previous Anthem.

I think that guy who did the Bunnings Jingle and appears on Gruen now - should be a good start.  He might 'fluke it'?
Better than Mundine or ScoMo telling us how the Anthem should go.

In truth, the best Anthem we could have, would be a reflection of our Path Ahead, rather than being 'chained' to a past of limited global connection because even today, Pre-1788 Aboriginal culture is still a 'hidden' experience kept secret by elders, lost in time.

I like Utopia (By Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance) - the clip is not important/not the original/but offers a neutral aspect to the point I'm getting across. A Song that basically covers all bases to which even Aboriginals can't deny and also describes the 'future' of our nation, let alone the past - if you listen/read the lyrics. Easy for anyone to sing and has the same pace many Aboriginal songs adhere to.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=utopia+lyrics+-+brendan+perry&&view=detail&...



...there, hows that Heartless Felon you brute. 

Yeah - but those prison ships came a long time ago...... no special entitlements there........ oh... wait a minute..... that means the keeper of the flame came a longer time ago....

We's All Austral-y-uns, mate.... always been that way with me - ain't me seeking to divide and conquer..... the racists are the ones doing that....

You'll be right once you get your head around reality..... long's y'all behave like civilised human beans, yez are welcome... if not.. it's on the boat for you Luigi Mohamed Jacky-Jacky and Reverse Boat People for life....

Told yez - given that the vast majority of 'boat people' near-arrivals are positively vetted ('splained that to yez before - s'negative, neutral an' Positive - if ye're positive you're right up there), we should land them and process them here, and replenish the boats and send them back with Undesirables....

I guess, with Irish/Scottish/German ancestry, and given the ruling of the court that Koonish blood means you are a resident forever even if you never lived here - I am a citizen of Ireland, Germany, Scotland and even England... and God knows where else....

What they smokin' in dat court dere, bro?  Mus' be prime sh1t.... Acapulco Gold, man.... dat Apartheid right there, bro.... an' dat stupid court says so....WHAT dey smokin'?

Neferti wrote on Jan 6^th, 2021 at 2:18pm:


Send that to the councils in Malbadishu who want to cancel Australia Day and ceremonies and such... go tell the Spartans who bought Victoria that they who lie there are not doing their duty ...