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roKWiz · 01-01-2021, 08:08 AM

Apparently we are no longer "young" and free but "one" and free as of today.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...hange/13024810

**buggerlugs** · 01-01-2021, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Apparently we are no longer "young" and free but "one" and free as of today.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...hange/13024810

Doesn't matter. Terrible national anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkv...nCarlitoEnciso

**FairmontGS** · 01-01-2021, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Doesn't matter. Terrible national anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5K...l=ABCAustralia

^^ This. It's just embarrassing.

**buggerlugs** · 01-01-2021, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by FairmontGS

^^ This. It's just embarrassing.

I just updated it to the one with Russell Hitchcock ( Air Supply ) Judith Durham and featuring Mandawuy Yunupingu.
If I was in the middle of a footy field about to face the All Blacks, this is what I'd want to hear.............

Citroënbender · 01-01-2021, 08:41 AM

The ABC has become really rotten with clueless warriors the last few years.

I personally think the anthem should officially be “More Beer” as sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

HIPO · 01-01-2021, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

The ABC has become really rotten with clueless warriors the last few years.

I personally think the anthem should officially be “More Beer” as sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

Thats for sure!

wodahs · 01-01-2021, 08:20 AM

yer just i heard on my abc news brief
now dont jump on me , because i dont see a problem with the change
but i fully disagree that it was needed or warranted and not a chance i would have asked for nor should they have the right to do so
it already has "we are australian" implementing we are one
surely they have better things to do/need to be done and i wonder how much for this useless change did it cost us $$

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Doesn't matter. Terrible national anthem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5K...l=ABCAustralia

this almost looks like it was pushed by the abc to be changed

Mr_G6ET · 01-01-2021, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

it already has "we are australian" implementing we are one

The term 'Australian' is what the whites called it so that isn't unifying/recognising 'everybody'.

'The name Australia derives from Latin australis meaning southern, and dates back to 2nd century legends of an "unknown southern land" (that is terra australis incognita). The explorer Matthew Flinders named the land Terra Australis, which was later abbreviated to the current form'

Interesting map

wodahs · 01-01-2021, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

The term 'Australian' is what the whites called it so that isn't unifying/recognising 'everybody'.

'The name Australia derives from Latin australis meaning southern, and dates back to 2nd century legends of an "unknown southern land" (that is terra australis incognita). The explorer Matthew Flinders named the land Terra Australis, which was later abbreviated to the current form'

Interesting map

whoopty furkin doo
so change the name of our country if its demeaning to whomever
the point in my post was why change young to one (esp if as you state the bigger pic is the name "australia")
when it already states in the same song we are from the same country (even tho its named australia) which in stating we are australian denotes "we are one" already in the song

so should we change the names of everything as they state we were also one large continent prier to the tectonic plates shifting
https://education.seattlepi.com/larg...-one-3646.html
history happened get over it coz we cant change it nor should we change the song
next theyll erase the word free due to the convict factor

Mr_G6ET · 01-01-2021, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

whoopty furkin doo
so change the name of our country if its demeaning to whomever
the point in my post was why change young to one (esp if as you state the bigger pic is the name "australia")
when it already states in the same song we are from the same country (even tho its named australia) which in stating we are australian denotes "we are one" already in the song

so should we change the names of everything as they state we were also one large continent prier to the tectonic plates shifting

I could have worded it better but:
I didn't say 'Australia' is offensive, it has meaning. My point was just because it states 'we are australian', you said that was enough.

As you mention, you are ok with the change. I assume it will some people out there a little happier/included/thought about

wodahs · 01-01-2021, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

As you mention, you are ok with the change.

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Originally Posted by wodahs

yer just i heard on my abc news brief
now dont jump on me , because i dont see a problem with the change
but i fully disagree that it was needed or warranted and not a chance i would have asked for nor should they have the right to do so
it already has "we are australian" implementing we are one
surely they have better things to do/need to be done and i wonder how much for this useless change did it cost us $$

i dont know where i said i was ok with it
definitely not this post
as i stated my view that i disagree with what they've done and didnt believe they had the right to do so
but hey its ok you see what you want

Crazy Dazz · 01-01-2021, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

The term 'Australian' is what the whites called it so that isn't unifying/recognising 'everybody'.

Well, you offend me, so even though I'm a minority of one, you need to shut up.
That's how it works, yes?

I am just sick to death of this ****. How about we expend the time, money, and effort to fix things that actually need fixing.

There are substantial Indigenous Communities, mostly remote regional, that remain disenfranchised. Mired in poverty and social dysfunction, struggling with substandard services and infrastructure.
More useless words, by useless Canberra Bureaucrats, are not going to help.

Mr_G6ET · 01-01-2021, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

Well, you offend me, so even though I'm a minority of one, you need to shut up.
That's how it works, yes?

I am just sick to death of this ****. How about we expend the time, money, and effort to fix things that actually need fixing.

There are substantial Indigenous Communities, mostly remote regional, that remain disenfranchised. Mired in poverty and social dysfunction, struggling with substandard services and infrastructure.
More useless words, by useless Canberra Bureaucrats, are not going to help.

I did post that I should have worded that post better, have a read.
It was about the words in the anthem.

davenl5l · 01-01-2021, 08:38 AM

Morrison has no legal right to do that will always be young and free when i sing it

**FairmontGS** · 01-01-2021, 09:04 AM

This for the national anthem!

**buggerlugs** · 01-01-2021, 09:14 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpG...=SlimDustyVEVO

**GasoLane** · 01-01-2021, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by buggerlugs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpG...=SlimDustyVEVO

hayseed · 01-01-2021, 10:28 AM

Any version of This is betterer by a country mile in my opinion....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGlpxviu8PY

LG17 · 01-01-2021, 10:33 AM

So we are no longer a young nation...
Are we middle aged, old?

Citroënbender · 01-01-2021, 10:40 AM

Derelict

**buggerlugs** · 01-01-2021, 10:51 AM

Covid ridden..........

roKWiz · 01-01-2021, 11:03 AM

my choice.....

**DJR-351** · 01-01-2021, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

my choice.....

Agreed.....

wodahs · 01-01-2021, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DJR-351

Agreed.....

agree and thats all just in WA what you guys got

wodahs · 01-01-2021, 11:39 AM

now if we going to change it it should be something like
https://youtu.be/XfR9iY5y94s
or
https://youtu.be/tSNxFGW09Mo

roKWiz · 01-01-2021, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

now if we going to change it it should be something like
https://youtu.be/XfR9iY5y94s
or
https://youtu.be/tSNxFGW09Mo

Out on the patio we sit and the humidity we breath.......

or alternatively what I posted on the "Curtain comes down on Holden" thread might be more appropriate.

Mr_G6ET · 01-01-2021, 12:22 PM

IMO, young and free was incorrect, failing to recognise the Australian aboriginal people.
About time the constitution was changed to recognise the oldest race on earth too.

**buggerlugs** · 01-01-2021, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

About time the constitution was changed to recognise the oldest race on earth too.

Yeah, People like Gaso are often forgotten...........

roKWiz · 01-01-2021, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

About time the constitution was changed to recognise the oldest race on earth too.

Yes, they have had plenty of time to do this since the original music was written back then, and used since early 80s but Gov after gov like to skirt around the biggest issue. Constitutinal change.

I guess when it was first written 1890's ???? it was a song about a young Australian settlement (the settlement not the age of the people).

prktkljokr · 01-01-2021, 02:16 PM

Words in a song, number plates, what people identify as, colours, lollies, name calling whatever, the world has gone mad, people need to get over being offended at every turn, it is what it is and has been for a long time before I was born, majority of people dont give a toss what the words say or mean, more important S#!t to life than worrying about the words of a song.