Saturday, January 2, 2021 - 01:00
Dancers perform at the Yabun festival, an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, in Sydney on January 26.
AUSTRALIA: A line in Australia’s national anthem officially changed Friday in a move the nation’s leader said was aimed at better recognising the country’s Indigenous people.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the second line in the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, would change from “For we are young and free” to “For we are one and free”.
“Australia as a modern nation may be relatively young, but our country’s story is ancient, as are the stories of the many First Nations peoples whose stewardship we rightly acknowledge and respect,” Morrison wrote in The Age newspaper on New Year’s Eve.“Changing ‘young and free’ to ‘one and free’ takes nothing away, but I believe it adds much.” - AFP
