It's like telling dogs that they should be cats. Still, there have been cases of nations rightfully deciding their national anthem needed dusting off. Here's hoping haranguing over whether she has or has not read The Female Eunuch is not a taste of what's to come for Elizabeth Lee. I already have a very efficient evaporative cooler and do not require additional cooling. The nation should be distancing itself instead of trying to embrace it. A decade ago she penned Under the Southern Stars to the tune of that beacon of republican sentiment Land of Hope and Glory. Given discussion about getting rid of natural gas I decided to get quotes to replace my ducted gas heating with electric heating. Last year, boxer Anthony Mundine shunned the anthem before a bout, telling News Corp Australia it was "a racist anthem" that was "disrespectful to our people". Sport. Please try again later. White Supremacist engulfed in flames after pouring petrol on Synagogue. No wonder people in power often use all kinds of dirty tricks to ensure they do not lose their hold on power. Perhaps Bruce is unaware of the song's first two words and their powerfully non-discriminatory declaration "Australians all". It certainly won't be cricket which has been likened to watching paint dry. A man who believes you can reduce the impact of the pandemic by testing fewer people would have no trouble believing he can win an election by not counting every vote. After four years of this clown you would only be surprised if he acted rationally for once. When "Advance Australia Fair" was sung first by a member of the Eora Nation (Sydney region) and then in English at the annual State of Original rugby league series, some whitefellas made comments such as "In Australia we speak ENGLISH. With the replacement of the kerbside car parking lane on the lake side of Emu Bank Belconnen from the Belconnen Art Centre almost to the Skate Park by a super wide bike path will the ACT government reduce the rates and land tax to recompense those eateries and businesses whose clientele no longer have parking spaces. Nor is it "virtue signalling". No wonder Coalition politicians have a lot of time for Donald Trump. Australians all, let us grow up. 'Advance Australia Fair is an anthem that is racist at so many levels'. Paulino Leon of Tucson, Arizona, has "bought canned food" and has "set things up" so he can stay in his house "for at least two months"... and he has got his guns ("Americans settle in to wait as a "landslide" turns into a slow grind" (November 5, p6-7). Trump has unwittingly admitted that. New Zealand will legalise euthanasia soon. A secondary problem is that when it was written in the late 19th century Advance Australia Fair was intended to mean Advance Australia White – as in light-skinned, fair-skinned.” – Bob “I stay with Advance Australia Fair. Letters may be edited. It's unrealistic to expect Parks and Gardens to mow it all before it becomes a bushfire hazard. Pauline Hanson says she needs a kick up the backside: “This kid is headed down the wrong path.” Alan Jones, in a majestic piece of gimcrackery, tries to give her the correct version of history: “Colonisation brought the kind of tremendous wealth that all Australians now enjoy.”. Time to retire Premier. I spent a week in hospital where I was treated with nothing but kindness and respect in a situation where the yuk factor certainly applied. “When it was originally written, Advance Australia Fair meant advance the white people of Australia. Canberra trusted and voted six Greens into the ACT Government. ("Purring voters in Canberra's soft lap", November 1, p16) Ian Warden tars her without even knowing the answer. Not only is our anthem unique in the world, adopted as it was in a national plebiscite in 1977 to replace God save the Queen, its 100-year-old lyrics were rewritten in 1982 to make them politically correct, totally inclusive and widely reflective of the modern nation Australia was then and still is today. /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/fdcx/doc6wpngqxjtv9zlvebewz.jpg/r9_515_4913_3286_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg, Rollout reset: National cabinet targets vaccine ramp-up for over-50s, Six businesses targeted in ram-raid spree, First Rex flight from Sydney lands in Canberra, The Fyshwick company hacking into the future, one string of code at a time, Increase in national cabinet meetings not necessary: Barr, Rex flights could provide $200 million boost to Canberra economy. ("Purring voters in Canberra's soft lap", November 1, p16) Ian Warden tars her without even knowing the answer. Email: [email protected]. Losing is hard". It's time for the whingeing faux patriotic grown-ups to … On Australia Day, Advance Australia Fair is played during town hall flag raising ceremonies around the country but those of us watching aren’t asked to sing it. The Sydney to Hobart has now lost the two main contenders and we can no longer call on Billy Thorpe to brighten up our days with, "It's almost summer". The usual suspects descend on her. I recently had a health emergency having left home feeling perfectly well that morning. Australia’s national anthem “Advance Australia Fair” is a racist White Australian 19th century poem that is offensive to decent Australians and to Indigenous Australians in particular. Letters may be edited. It's certainly not the adults banging on about how she should be chastised. Teachers throughout Australia are obliged to honestly analyse the text of “Advance Australia Fair… Whether it … M Silex (Letters, November 2) can be assured that no Canberrans think ACT climate action alone will have any impact on global warming. Further, he is so full of self-loathing that he has to criticise with particularities a general statement glorifying our, and his, good fortune in living here. Time to retire Premier. Given discussion about getting rid of natural gas I decided to get quotes to replace my ducted gas heating with electric heating. More rain is expected. The Australian national anthem ‘Advance Australia Fair’ was written by Scottish composer Peter Dodds McCormick after he attended a concert at the Exhibition Building where anthems from around the world were performed but‘not one note’ was sung for Australia. Bruce Gall claims our anthem "ignores Indigenous Australians". Your ad blocker may be preventing you from And Advance Australia Fair really IS racist. There is a lot of grass on public spaces. Advance Australia Fair is no dancefloor banging Hey Ya, Ben Pobjie writes. My word, Canberra's virtue-signalling sanctimoniacs were out in strength in the letters page on Wednesday (November 4). It was first sung by Andrew Fairfax, accompanied by a concert band conducted by McCormick, at a function of the Highland Society of New South Wales in Sydney on 30 November 1878 (Saint Andrew's Day). Apart from News Corp and Sky, the large majority of the rest ignored or played down Trump's achievements at home and abroad, didn't realise the full impact Democrat energy, trade, border and tax policies would have on millions of Americans, and the way they vote, tried to pretend that the street violence wasn't mostly from leftist mobs in Democrat run cities, and couldn't see the contrast between Trump's energy and drive and his opponent's obvious age-related limitations. Apparently heating only is not an option. To Advance Australia Fair. The anthem storm of 2018 illustrates a greater picture, that of a nation that is uneasy with itself. The stock answer was that I would have to replace it with a reverse cycle air conditioning system. No matter if you agree with this point or not, Advance Australia fair is a white supremacist song, written by a white supremacist. I would guess that there are others in the same predicament. In the words on the anthem section of the government website the judges “decided the entries did not meet the high standards of Australia’s traditional songs Advance Australia Fair, Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia”. We know that had that scheme survived we would by now be a practical demonstration to the world that a nation can remain economically sound whilst well into the transition from fossil fuel. To Advance Australia Fair. " Advance Australia Fair is an anthem that is racist at so many levels, written for a white Australia that is irrelevant, or should be. The most racist towns and cities in Australia. I suspect our vote also reflects dismay that our nation-wide, operational, and effective carbon minimisation scheme was shredded by Abbott (cheered on by our current incumbent). The first line of Australia’s national anthem, “ Advance Australia Fair ” is “Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free.” Australian aboriginal athletes are calling for the country's national anthem to change because of inequality issues. At least it mentioned the continent’s first people. I ended up being taken to Canberra Hospital by ambulance, given a CT scan and operated on by two female surgeons for several hours that night. Once again we had the ignominy of all four of the ABC's TV channels in Canberra (2, 20, 21 and 24) devoted almost entirely to coverage of a single subject, this time the US election, on Wednesday night between 6 and 8 pm. Let's be honest. I already have a very efficient evaporative cooler and do not require additional cooling. My thanks to the nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and others involved, and to my ophthalmologist for his assistance, when the emergency which had nothing whatsoever to do with my eyes, suddenly occurred. What she says is patently true and we all know it. So, as 2020 concludes and the New Year approaches, I imagine even Santa will struggle complying with pandemic travel restrictions. The 20 or so Australians it was my privilege to serve as they revisited McCormick's Advance Australian Fair included some of our nation's highest achieving politicians, diplomats, sportspeople, artists, migrants, media personalities, feminists and Aboriginal leaders who put their all into the year-long task. I'm sure the outcome of the US election is fascinating - for a limited few - but there are many, many viewers for which it is an absolute turnoff. In another 10 years we could have neutered the world-wide fossil fuel lobby and their political cheer squads, with a vibrant zero emissions economy. Well, too many of the current lot fall well short here and in the US. Was this really necessary? Most unsurprisingly Home Affairs is examining the claims of 23 immigration detainees who say they should be released on the grounds that they are indigenous Australians. I was surprised at how unsurprised I was by President Trump's inflammatory and unjustified decision to claim he had won the US election despite all of the evidence being then I figured it out. The government could help by endorsing the idea and encouraging the dumping of cuttings in green or normal waste bins. I won't be watching the State of Origin matches but I do remain curious as to what the television cameras will be focussed on during the playing of the national anthem. Fax: 6280 2282. I suspect our vote also reflects dismay that our nation-wide, operational, and effective carbon minimisation scheme was shredded by Abbott (cheered on by our current incumbent). But to not acknowledge now that it is out of tune with these times is wilful ignorance. With the replacement of the kerbside car parking lane on the lake side of Emu Bank Belconnen from the Belconnen Art Centre almost to the Skate Park by a super wide bike path will the ACT government reduce the rates and land tax to recompense those eateries and businesses whose clientele no longer have parking spaces. It's a pity they didn't do their homework before insulting the entire nation. Howard, of course, is the writer of Australia’s unofficial anthem Solid Rock. Certainly not our derision. These people are Liberals precisely because they are climate change deniers and so forth. Even Amanda Vanstone tried to set things right. New Zealand will legalise euthanasia soon. In national surveys, Advance Australia Fair wins every time, which shows one could kindly say, exhaustion on the respondents’ part. The ACT Health System comes in for quite a lot of criticism but I write to say how lucky I think we are to have it. Fax: 6280 2282. The 20 or so Australians it was my privilege to serve as they revisited McCormick's Advance Australian Fair included some of our nation's highest achieving politicians, diplomats, sportspeople, artists, migrants, media personalities, feminists and Aboriginal leaders who put their all into the year-long task. Let me quote her words to explain why: "When it says 'we are young', it completely disregards the Indigenous Australians who were here before us for over 50,000 years. It should be a national embarrassment and immediately replaced by something that is inoffensive, humane and uniting. Surely six Greens will oppose Barr's "Dutch" proposal for West Basin to reclaim land with landfill. A schoolkid finds it offensive to stand for an anthem that she says does not ring true. No wonder Coalition politicians have a lot of time for Donald Trump. The Sydney to Hobart has now lost the two main contenders and we can no longer call on Billy Thorpe to brighten up our days with, "It's almost summer". Here's hoping haranguing over whether she has or has not read The Female Eunuch is not a taste of what's to come for Elizabeth Lee. Again, the bulk of the press in the US and here got it wrong in the lead-up to the US election and during the count. Or maybe it will be on our illustrious Prime Minister who will doubtless be somewhere up in a corporate box chanting something obscure about sharks. Not only is our anthem unique in the world, adopted as it was in a national plebiscite in 1977 to replace God save the Queen, its 100-year-old lyrics were rewritten in 1982 to make them politically correct, totally inclusive and widely reflective of the modern nation Australia was then and still is today. (Letters, November 4). Americans! Trump has unwittingly admitted that. I was surprised at how unsurprised I was by President Trump's inflammatory and unjustified decision to claim he had won the US election despite all of the evidence being then I figured it out. We even tried to ditch it entirely with a national competition for new words (1400 entries) and music (1200) and that fell over. Advance Australia Fair is not a racist anthem | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT. Songwriter Shane Howard, who’s no slouch with words and melody, recently commented on social media about the latest furore over the national anthem and the defiant stand, sorry, non-stand, of Brisbane schoolgirl Harper Nielsen, aged nine. If you have a mower, how about adopting a patch near your home? “This young girl deserves our utmost respect and admiration. His love of this country, of Indigenous life and culture, its history of survival, dispossession, resilience and faith runs deep into the earth. Still, there have been cases of nations rightfully deciding their national anthem needed dusting off. (Letters, November 4). If you have a mower, how about adopting a patch near your home? Provide phone number and full home address (suburb only published). The most galling part is, of course, generations of women have moved on from Greer to more inclusive thinkers. No it's not racist, why would you even think it's racist? News ‘B-grade Game Show Host’ Peter Gleeson Rants ‘Hate Vomit’ At Briggs It’s easy to dismiss the anthem incident of 2018 in a Brisbane primary school as a storm in a tea cup. Ros Kelly went for far less. Heard of it since? We know that had that scheme survived we would by now be a practical demonstration to the world that a nation can remain economically sound whilst well into the transition from fossil fuel. 13 y.o Aboriginal Boy Kidnapped & Bashed by Police. So, as 2020 concludes and the New Year approaches, I imagine even Santa will struggle complying with pandemic travel restrictions. What about it Canberrans? Art. Or at least it was. I was the public servant who facilitated that process. Along with our multicultural country, we should accept people … Breaking News. When the celebrities decided to lend Biden a hand in the closing stages of his campaign, surely the biggest double act on the night was Lady Gaga and "Gaga Joe". The USA decision isn't clear yet, but it is clear that Forrest Gump was dead right: "stupid is what stupid does". Losing is too hard for them to accept. Send from the message field, not as an attachment. My favourite example is Egypt which some years ago realised that the line "Oh my weapon, how I long to clutch thee" was a bit over the top. Advance Australia Fair - An admirable sentiment, make no mistake. How Headon and Gall can accuse the Indigenous trio of Charlie Perkins, Neville Bonner and Galarrwuy Yunupingu of being "racist" in the face of their commitment to a national anthem that could serve every Australian escapes and saddens me. He just knocked it out one night in a state of patriotic fervour for a particular audience. Keep your letter to 250 or fewer words. No. However, the original 1879 lyrics didn't mention having boundless plains to share, but instead had a verse about going to war against 'foreign invaders' and another about Captain Cook. They also legalised gay marriage (amongst other things) before us. being able to log in or subscribe. I won't be watching the State of Origin matches but I do remain curious as to what the television cameras will be focussed on during the playing of the national anthem. We’ve boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine. Apparently heating only is not an option. They also legalised gay marriage (amongst other things) before us. We constantly hear that an impartial, professional press is a cornerstone of democracy. A rare honest statement from Trump: "Winning is easy. David Headon and Bruce Gall seem to think the Australian national anthem is some sort of racist song to be ignored, ridiculed or condemned. I was the public servant who facilitated that process. Paulino Leon of Tucson, Arizona, has "bought canned food" and has "set things up" so he can stay in his house "for at least two months"... and he has got his guns ("Americans settle in to wait as a "landslide" turns into a slow grind" (November 5, p6-7). Or will it be on the more recently arrived players who will be mumbling and faking their way through along the lines of "... something something something... girt... something something...". One of the worst things a teacher can do is to lie to students. David Headon and Bruce Gall seem to think the Australian national anthem is some sort of racist song to be ignored, ridiculed or condemned. However it’s does say “for we are young and free”, which overlooks the 65,000 of human habitation before the arrival of British settlers. On the bus ride home McCormick wrote the first verse, and by the next day the music and lyrics were complete. The stock answer was that I would have to replace it with a reverse cycle air conditioning system. Rather it is our wish to show that our small jurisdiction can survive and thrive on renewable energy. With the footy season over I'm wondering what diversions the Morrison government will promote to distract Jill and Joe Average from questioning its performance. References to The Canberra Times reports should include date and page number. Or will it be on the more recently arrived players who will be mumbling and faking their way through along the lines of "... something something something... girt... something something..." Or maybe it will be on our illustrious Prime Minister who will doubtless be somewhere up in a corporate box chanting something obscure about sharks. Most Australians know the two verses of the current version of the song, Advance Australia Fair, or at the very least know that they have the word 'girt' in them. Once again we had the ignominy of all four of the ABC's TV channels in Canberra (2, 20, 21 and 24) devoted almost entirely to coverage of a single subject, this time the US election, on Wednesday night between 6 and 8 pm. I'm bemused by those who suggest that if the Liberals want to win in Canberra they need to change their outlook on such things as climate change, marriage equality and abortion. References to The Canberra Times reports should include date and page number. We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Crayola set to release new colours of the world crayons with… Breaking News. $250 million pork-barrelled into Coalition seats and the evidence put through the shredder. Advance Australia Fair, its evolution, its status, its popular reading, taboo readings (e.g. It also mentions having “boundless plains to share”, which ignores the fact that those plains were … ", So for stating the bleeding obvious, she gets detention. But then a national anthem should not aspire to be a catchy pop song to wave your lighter to. The government could help by endorsing the idea and encouraging the dumping of cuttings in green or normal waste bins. It's like telling dogs that they should be cats. The ACT Health System comes in for quite a lot of criticism but I write to say how lucky I think we are to have it. It’s not McCormick’s fault. Surely six Greens will oppose Barr's "Dutch" proposal for West Basin to reclaim land with landfill. Breaking News. Its lyrics begin, “ Australia’s sons, let us rejoice / For we are young and free ” and go on to say, “ For those who’ve come across the seas / We’ve boundless plains to share. This article exists as part of the online archive for HuffPost Australia, which closed in 2021. The most galling part is, of course, generations of women have moved on from Greer to more inclusive thinkers. At school, a young girl, Harper Nielsen, refused to stand for the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair. Join us, Ian. Further, he is so full of self-loathing that he has to criticise with particularities a general statement glorifying our, and his, good fortune in living here. Couldn't at least one of the three main channels have shown normal programming, including a full locally-produced news bulletin at 7pm? When the celebrities decided to lend Biden a hand in the closing stages of his campaign, surely the biggest double act on the night was Lady Gaga and "Gaga Joe". "Advance Australia Fair" was the national anthem proclaimed as Australia's National Anthem by the Governor-General on 19th April 1984. Australian bus driver refuses to take Aboriginal students to school. My favourite example is Egypt which some years ago realised that the line "Oh my weapon, how I long to clutch thee" was a bit over the top. Ros Kelly went for far less. Lets hope that they are genuine grass-root Greens (as they told us on their corflutes) in the ilk of Brown, Milne and Lecouteur and not pseudo-Labor stooges. THE ANTHEM’S NAME ‘Advance Australia’ was a term used in propaganda material for the White Australia movement. Will it be on the proud indigenous players should they rightly choose not to join in, even though they have paid attention to the words? His personal ethics and political strategies make them look good. What a sad commentary on the hyper-adversarial state of politics in today's USA. Some believe that to advance means to advance in technology, and that we should be the producers of projects inducing millions, but in fact, Advance Australia Fair does not mean any of these things. Without waiting for the results of an investigation, headlines in the mainstream papers decried Australia an inherently racist country, and NSW Labor leader, Jodie McKay, called for the young men to be banned from the SCG for life. Putting aside the fact that the ruling is completely racist in every way, this week the ramifications started hitting home already. Apologies to the writer but it's also poorly crafted lyrically, is largely meaningless sentimentality and is a substandard melody. They had their time and now they're irrelevant. Non-Aboriginal people can become very racist when the national anthem is sung in an Aboriginal language. In Australia, meanwhile, the national anthem, ‘Advance, Australia Fair’ similarly airbrushes out centuries of history in an instant. How Headon and Gall can accuse the Indigenous trio of Charlie Perkins, Neville Bonner and Galarrwuy Yunupingu of being "racist" in the face of their commitment to a national anthem that could serve every Australian escapes and saddens me. Might be a reason for that. It has been tinkered with ever since, a bit like trying to modify a Leyland Marina into a Porsche. These people are Liberals precisely because they are climate change deniers and so forth. In another 10 years we could have neutered the world-wide fossil fuel lobby and their political cheer squads, with a vibrant zero emissions economy. Bruce Gall claims our anthem "ignores Indigenous Australians". It's time for a new anthem and a new flag while we're at it. A rare honest statement from Trump: "Winning is easy. I would guess that there are others in the same predicament. Only hours later, the truth came out. Losing is hard". Right before the start of our Aussie Rules Football (AFL) Grand Final each year, the national anthem is sung by an entertainer in the middle of the pitch and the 100,000 at the match stand at attention, not all singing. More rain is expected. Advance Australia Fair was written by Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878. Again, the bulk of the press in the US and here got it wrong in the lead-up to the US election and during the count. Well done Gladys. But what does fit, when you remember the time the song was written, is that fair is a reference to ‘fair skinned people’ from those three lands. It certainly won't be cricket which has been likened to watching paint dry. Australia’s national anthem “Advance Australia Fair” is a racist White Australian 19th century poem that is offensive to decent Australians and to Indigenous Australians in particular. My word, Canberra's virtue-signalling sanctimoniacs were out in strength in the letters page on Wednesday (November 4). Well, too many of the current lot fall well short here and in the US. “For goodness sake, a nine-year-old girl just gave us all a lesson in truth and kicked our backsides to move forward. Not even the use of tubular bells (optional) on the official score can put that right. What a sad commentary on the hyper-adversarial state of politics in today's USA. I'm bemused by those who suggest that if the Liberals want to win in Canberra they need to change their outlook on such things as climate change, marriage equality and abortion. After four years of this clown you would only be surprised if he acted rationally for once. Everyone takes pride in its performance. Send from the message field, not as an attachment. Apologies to the writer but it's also poorly crafted lyrically, is largely meaningless sentimentality and is a substandard melody. According to Shane Howard, our national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, is racist. i.e: For those who’ve come across the seas. Until we can even decide on who we are we may as well whistle into the wind. Keep your letter to 250 or fewer words. WHY COULD ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR BE CONSIDERED RACIST? Perhaps Bruce is unaware of the song's first two words and their powerfully non-discriminatory declaration "Australians all". What about it Canberrans? Advance Australia Fair is an anthem that’s racist at so many levels, written for a white Australia that is irrelevant, or should be.” McCormick died in 1916. The government, as it should, takes the anthem seriously. Why can’t Australia just find a new song? $250 million pork-barrelled into Coalition seats and the evidence put through the shredder. There is a lot of grass on public spaces. David Headon believes the Wallabies are, strangely, cowards for not humbly prostrating themselves before the All Blacks for some mystically obscure racist reason also linked to the playing of Advance Australia Fair. But it is, when you think about it, overtly racist. It's a pity they didn't do their homework before insulting the entire nation. Nor is it "virtue signalling". There are protocols involved. In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair. Well done Gladys. Will it be on the proud indigenous players should they rightly choose not to join in, even though they have paid attention to the words? Who is the mature thinker in all of this clatter? Mail: Letters to the Editor, The Canberra Times, PO Box 7155, Canberra Mail Centre, ACT 2610. The former member of the band Goanna, claims it is an “anthem … written for a white Australia that is irrelevant, or should be.” Let's move on.”. I think it’s ironic in some parts but I don’t think it’s racist. Losing is too hard for them to accept. The reference to ‘fair’ in Advance Australia Fair refers to the beauty of the land rather than a fair (white) skin colour. I ended up being taken to Canberra Hospital by ambulance, given a CT scan and operated on by two female surgeons for several hours that night. Indigenous boxer Anthony Mundine has blasted Scott Morrison's 'tokenistic' change to the national anthem claiming Advance Australia Fair is still a 'white supremacy song'. 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