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Australia Changed Its National Anthem to Be More Inclusive of Indigenous People Andrea Romano © Provided by Travel + Leisure Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Koomurri Dance Group members Kerry Johnson and Rayma Johnson pose for photos during a NAIDOC Week event hosted by The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on November 11, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is usually held in July, but was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Australia has made a small but significant t...

Saturday, 2 January 2021, 3:45 pm It was a New Year gimmick that would have warmed advertising executives across the country. For the first time since it was proclaimed as Australia’s national anthem on April 19, 1984, Advance Australia Fair has been tinkered with. The jarring words from the second line, “For we are young and free” have been amended to “For we are one and free.” Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, beamed with smugness at his first press conference for 2021. “We live in a timeless land of ancient First Nations peoples, and we draw together the stories ...

Australia woke up to a new year on Friday -- and a slightly different national anthem.

Indigenous leader welcomes 'important change' to national anthem which PM says reflects the Australia 'we always hope to be' FriFriday 1 updated FriFriday 1 JanJanuary 2021 at 12:51pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 1 Share Print text only Cancel Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has been encouraged by the strong response from Australians to a change in Advance Australia Fair that recognises our "timeless land of ancient First Nations peoples". Key points: Australians have responded strongly to the anthem wording chang...

Australia has changed a line in its national anthem in an amendment designed to better recognise and honour the long history of the country’s Indigenous people. The change from “for we are young and free” to “for we are one and free” took effect on Friday and is the first amendment to the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, since 1984. “While Australia as a modern nation may be relatively young, our country’s story is ancient, as are the stories of the many First Nations peoples, whose stewardship we rightly acknowledge and respect,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote in the Melb...