Well, let's face it: nobody likes 'Advance Australia Fair'. It's a terrible tune - none of the stirring majesty of 'La Marseillaise' (best national anthem ever) or 'The Star Spangled Banner'.

One suggestion I've heard and enjoyed is to reset the lyrics to the tune of 'Working Class Man'. It's a lot more enjoyable - you really want to stand up and sing along:

http://tinyurl.com/jlta4jf

But I think there is a song, recorded by an Australian band, which is more in keeping with contemporary Australian values. You only have to listen to some of the lyrics:

"It's time patriotism was exposed to market forces
Your love of country may not fit in with efficiency
Costs exceeded benefits
At Gallipoli"

"It just distorts the market
If you help your fellow man
From cradle to the grave
Let self-interest be the rule
Why should we help people who sent kids to state school?"

"And why should we let towel-heads in
Just 'cause their ships don't float?
What other race has ever come
To Australia in a boat?
And if self-interest be the rule
Five miles out from shore
Why the hell don't it apply
To those who live next door?
Why should I give you my help
Just 'cause your Aussie too?
What the hell's the difference
Between those boat people and you?"

"Australians all did once rejoice
In our shared commonwealth
But now if you're Australian
Help your god-damn self"

http://tinyurl.com/hmxw68w

At least give it a try - and if you're not walking around a week from now, unable to dislodge the refrain "Everybody help yourself, everybody help yourself" from your head, I'll be surprised.

Now, compare those lyrics to 'Advance Australia Fair':

"For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share"

Yeah, good one.

Everybody help yourself
Everybody help yourself
Everybody help yourself...

There should be no anthem. The whole concept is stupid.

The people who live in Australia have not one thing in common to them all, except that our bodies are parked here and that we have all been bullied and subjected under the same rogue administration without our consent. It is ridiculous to sing its praises.

Here it is, Australia's new national anthem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7EKl0cOlJA

Toni not happy like most leftist who wants tax payer money spent on his idealogy. Try spending some of your own if you feel so passionate about it.

Toni,

I guess that is the anthem of the CFMEU.

Well, Yuyutsu, the only ones who can really claim to have been bullied and subject to a rogue administration are Aborigines and early convicts. Most of the rest of us have tended to go along with the system, to our advantage, or are part of the pack of bullies. Maybe we should all ask ourselves exactly which group we belong to.