As national anthems go, ours is pretty uninspiring.
It's far from the worst, but I'm sure we could do better.

Foxy,

"It seems that objections are being raised to
our anthem - Ädvance Australia Fair," because
some Indigenous people are claiming the words
of the Anthem do not reflect them."

The words of the anthem do not reflect anybody particularly - that's the point of equal rights, isn't it ? Nobody left out when everybody else is mentioned, but nobody singled out when nobody is mentioned ?

Jesus, as if there aren't far, far more serious issues to try to resolve. This year, around 180 Indigenous people will suicide, which actually slows down any population growth to zero, not to mention, of course, the cutting short of lives which could have promised so much.

Australia IS a young country - 118 years. Before then, it wasn't a country but a gaggle of colonies for 113 years. And before that, a conglomeration of 500 language groups and perhaps 10,000 clans for sixty thousand years, each jealously guarding their own territory. So Australia has been one country for 118 years. It's a young country.

Anything else to whinge about ? How about the fact that Harold Thomas has the intellectual property rights to the Aboriginal Flag that he designed, and can contract with whoever he likes to market it ? Or should there be two sets of intellectual property law, one for Indigenous people, one for other' ?

Joe

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