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Australia has changed its national anthem in a bid to reflect 60,000 years of Indigenous history By Jessie Yeung, CNN enablePagination: false endIndex: Olivia Fox sings Australia's national anthem in the Eora language during the Tri Nations rugby match in Sydney on December 5, 2020. (CNN) -- Australia woke up to a new year on Friday -- and a slightly different national anthem. The anthem, "Advance Australia Fair," has been tweaked to recognize the country's Indigenous history and communities, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced late Thursday, hours before 2021. The first line, "Australi...

We are one and free: Australia amends anthem to honour indigenous people ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 05:55 IST Canberra [Australia], January 2 (ANI): Australia brought in the New Year differently this year by tweaking their national anthem 'Advance Australia Fair' slightly to recognize the country's Indigenous history and communities, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The first line, "Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free," will now end with "one and free." "Australia as a modern nation may be relatively young, but our country's stor...

Australia has changed its national anthem in a bid to reflect Indigenous history Australia has changed its national anthem in a bid to reflect Indigenous history (Photo / Getty) Australia woke up to a new year on Friday -- and a slightly different national anthem. The anthem, "Advance Australia Fair," has been tweaked to recognize the country's Indigenous history and communities, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced late Thursday, hours before 2021. The first line, "Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free," will now end with "one and free." "Australia as a...

Scott Morrison called an Australian sporting legend just moments after the clock hit 12 on New Year's Day to tell her he had changed the words to the national anthem. The prime minister immediately picked up the phone and called Olympic gold medalist and sporting hero Cathy Freeman to deliver the news in person. The sprinting legend of the 2000 Olympics tweeted her astonishment at 2.38am on January 1 - before the New Year was even three hours old. 'What a way to start the year!!! A phone call from our Prime Minister to say we are 'one and free'! Thank you,' she tweeted.