“Advance Australia Fair” extolls the virtues of exploiting nature’s gifts for the “advancement” of white people. It’s a joke to think that to change a single word makes it inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – peoples who’s fundamental world view is incompatible with the overall message of the anthem.
It’s also a joke that Australia pretends that it is an independent democracy.
The plebiscite to choose this song in 1977 was not even a question about adopting an official national anthem. It was about choosing a “national song” to be played at non-Regal occasions.
The 1977 question was:
“Against the background that ‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’ is the NATIONAL ANTHEM to be played on Regal and Vice Regal occasions, electors may indicate their preferences as to which of the tunes of the songs listed below they would prefer to be played on other occasions.”
Plebiscite question 1977
Note – “which of the tunes of the songs”. They were not even voting on lyrics, just on the melody.
This latest tweak to the lyrics (changing ‘young’ to ‘one’) was done by proclamation by the Governor-General with the consent of the States. So Australians have still never voted on their choice of national anthem.
The colonial elite saved this latest change for the eve of the 120th year anniversary of the Federation of Australia. The timing is a sign it was likely planned years in advance, with publicity stunts over the latter part of 2020. Or maybe we can believe the media and it was Glady’s idea from last month…
This is just a part of getting the ducks all in a line to prepare for our political assimilation as “First Australians”. We need to have our wits about us in this new decade.
Changing one word in the National Anthem is akin to feeding a donkey a carrot and now saying we have transformed it into a horse. The country needs a Treaty, the treaty will place respect for all Australian families and communities as the fabric of Australian law. Currently we have a Judicial structure founded upon piracy that cannot even recognise the existence of Family and its relationship to community. The laws of Australia are founded upon exploitation not upon creation. When that thing that calls itself our leader smiles at us from the virtual brainwashing machine all I see is the Cheshire Cat crunching on a baby possum. .