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Gladys Berejiklian also told ABC News Breakfast why she supports changing the National Anthem’s words from ‘young and free’, which frankly, is disrespectful to our Indigenous people and their history, to ‘one and free’.
The anthem, which has only been in place since 1984 (ish) and was chosen from a song competition, has been changed before. People used to sing ‘Australia’s sons let us rejoice’ and we survived the change to ‘Australians all’.
I think it’s about time we recognise the tens of thousands of years of the First Nations people of this continent. And it hurts me, I guess when you’ve been through a difficult year like we have, unity is so important.
Recognising all of our key parts of our society is critical, and I feel for Indigenous Australians who don’t feel the national anthem reflects them and their history.
Continue reading…Repercussions continue over allegations raised by the ABC on Monday night, as Labor continues internal debate over climate policy after Joel Fitzgibbon’s exit from frontbench. Follow updates • Joe Biden says Trump’s refusal to concede defeat ‘an embarrassment’ – US politics live 9.18pm GMTWe are almost at a full covid cycle now, with no new casesYesterday there were 0 new cases and 0 lives lost reported. There are 4 active cases, 1 with unknown source. 19,986 tests results were received – thank you, #EveryTestHelps. More: https://t.co/pcll7ySEgz #COVID19VicData #StaySafeStayOpen pic.twitter.com/QZ9jFhapdY 9.09pm GMTGladys Berejiklian also told ABC News Breakfast why she supports changing the National Anthem’s words from ‘young and free’, which frankly, is disrespectful to our Indigenous people and their history, to ‘one and free’.The anthem, which has only been in place since 1984 (ish) and was chosen from a song competition, has been changed before. People used to sing ‘Australia’s sons let us rejoice’ and we survived the change to ‘Australians all’.I think it’s about time we recognise the tens of thousands of years of the First Nations people of this continent. And it hurts me, I guess when you’ve been through a difficult year like we have, unity is so important. Recognising all of our key parts of our society is critical, and I feel for Indigenous Australians who don’t feel the national anthem reflects them and their history. Continue reading…