Australia changes word in anthem to honour indigenous population
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year s Eve announced that the second line of the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, has been changed from For we are young and free to For we are one and free .
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CANBERRA: Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called the spirit of unity and the country s Indigenous population.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year s Eve announced that the second line of the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, has been changed from For we are young and free to For we are one and free . The change took effect on Friday.
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Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called “the spirit of unity” and the country’s Indigenous population.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year’s Eve announced that the second line of the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, has been changed from “For we are young and free” to “For we are one and free.”
Sydney s New Year s Eve fireworks Credit: AP/Press Association Images
Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called “the spirit of unity” and the country’s Indigenous population.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year’s Eve announced the second line of the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, had been changed from “For we are young and free” to “For we are one and free”.
The change took effect on Friday.
It is an acknowledgement that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures date back 65,000 years
Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt
“It is time to ensure this great unity is reflected more fully in our national anthem,” he said, adding that Australia was the “most successful multicultural nation on Earth”.