00:00 / 00:00 In a since-deleted Instagram post, NRL star Latrell Mitchell reportedly wrote: “When will people understand that changing it to language doesn’t change the meaning!”, READ MOREComment: Young and free? Olivia Fox, 17, has shared her pride at singing Australia's national anthem in both the Eora and English languages at a Wallabies Test match on Saturday. “I hope this becomes the norm for all sports teams in Aust,” said another. Greens senator Lidia Thorpe said the government should be congratulated for taking “a small but important step in bringing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together”. READ MOREAs more Australians back calls to change the national anthem, this is how it would work. The change to Advance Australia Fair to include Indigenous Australians has been embraced by … When Hawke made Advance Australia Fair the official national anthem in 1984, replacing God Save the Queen, his cabinet changed some of the original words, opting for “Australians all, let us rejoice” instead of “Australia’s sons” rejoicing. Indigenous boxing star Anthony Mundine – who has led calls for boycotts of the anthem at sporting events – was also unimpressed. She said it meant a lot for her to be able to sing in the Eora language for thousands of people. As more Australians back calls to change the national anthem, this is how it would work, Comment: Young and free? Australia’s national anthem was sung in a local Indigenous language before the Australian rugby team’s Tri-Nations match against Argentina. "playerContext" : "", The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, said it was “a commonsense change” but real action would involve establishing an Indigenous voice to parliament, as requested in the Uluru statement from the heart in 2017. Olivia Fox sings the Australian anthem in Eora language before a Wallabies match in early December. “I didn’t think it would have such a big impact but honestly, I’m really proud of just being Indigenous and being able to use my voice,” she later said. Live. Follow SBS News to join in the conversation and never miss the latest live updates. But the prime minister’s surprise move to change the line “young and free” to “one and free” also triggered calls for the government to take more ambitious steps to improve the treatment of First Nations peoples. Loving Olivia Fox singing the Australian National Anthem in Eora language and then in English, joined by the Wallabies wearing their magnificent First … I want to live in an Australia where THIS is our every day. Get the news that matters straight to your inbox. Credit: Getty "This change is for all Australians. (CNN) -- Australia woke up to a new year on Friday -- … Morrison revealed his cabinet had recently discussed the issue of an “Indigenous voice” and the government would outline its plans on that front soon. Never felt more proud of our anthem. Olivia Fox sings Australia's national anthem in the Eora language during the Tri Nations rugby match between Australia and Argentina. but yeah, as I said, you know she sings quite a lot. The Labor party welcomed the change, announced late on New Year’s Eve, but called on Morrison to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, saying “actions are more important”. Download our free app on the App Store or Google Play for the latest headlines and breaking news alerts. “Best moment in rugby in (my) living memory,” one Twitter user said. “I'm feeling quite emotional even talking about it.”. Ask Amazon Alexa for the latest SBS News or listen to SBS Radio. Olivia Fox sings the national anthem during the 2020 Tri-Nations match between the Wallabies and Pumas at Bankwest Stadium. Critics have long argued the anthem excludes Indigenous Australians by using the term “young”. A third added: "The gold standard for our national anthem - may this be a new beginning. Many rugby fans shared their excitement over the rendition on social media, with several saying they wanted to hear it more often. SBS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia. … Wallabies captain Michael Hooper also said the team was proud to be involved. The federal minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, said the change was “small in nature but significant in purpose”. But the Queensland Nationals senator and former minister, Matthew Canavan, said he disagreed with the decision to remove the word “young” from the anthem. Olivia Fox sings the national anthem during the 2020 Tri-Nations match between the Australian Wallabies and the Argentina Pumas at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 5, 2020. “That’s why people overseas want to move here because we offer a fresh, young start,” Canavan said in a Twitter post. Ms Fox said everyone would have their own thoughts and opinions but she saw Saturday’s anthem as “a great step in the right direction”. Picture: Getty Images Why I declined to sing the national anthem at the 2015 AFL Grand Final, "Be proud but understand what you're being proud of.". Olivia Fox sings Australia's national anthem in the Eora language during the Tri Nations rugby match between Australia and Argentina.AAP. Newtown Performing Arts School student Olivia Fox, a proud Wiradjuri woman, led the historic rendition of the anthem. But Luke Pearson, a Gamilaroi man living in NSW who edits the IndigenousX platform, said the change was problematic because it was “symbolic tokenism aimed at silencing dissent that completely misses the nature of the dissent in the first place”. “It’s a change for all Australians, and I’ve already been encouraged by the strong response from Australians right across the country, Indigenous, non-Indigenous, people of all different backgrounds, people of all different political views,” he told reporters in Canberra. For the national and international news that matters. By Jessie Yeung, CNN. Picture: Channel 10. Morrison emphasised on Friday that the change was not a radical one – a message that appears pitched at some conservatives who may be uneasy about the change. Please select the editions you would like to sign up to. Ms Fox, a proud Wiradjuri woman and student at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, led the rendition of Advance Australia Fair at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium on Saturday night, singing it in the First Nations language and in English. National rugby players sang an Indigenous version of Australia’s national anthem for the first time on Saturday, a move that won widespread praise and spurred calls to make it a permanent feature at Australian sporting events. Scott Morrison’s decision to tweak Australia’s national anthem so it no longer ignores tens of thousands of years of Indigenous history has won support from across the political spectrum. #AUSvARG https://t.co/Grv9PsEeZ8, This is the BEST Australian sporting moment I have ever seen!Well done @wallabies #AUSvARG https://t.co/GmMyYPpn87. Among those to react on Twitter, Paralympian Richard Colman said he always wanted the anthem performed that way. "It's an amazing feeling, just to sing it.". Indigenous woman Olivia Fox sings Australia's national anthem during the Tri Nations rugby match between the Pumas and Wallabies on 5 December 2020. Well done Olivia Fox for rising to the … That is one incredible national anthem @wallabies! That was brilliant. Credit: Getty. The symbolic change, which takes effect on Friday, is the first to Advance Australia Fair since 1984, and means it will now begin with “Australians all let us rejoice / For we are one and free”. Olivia Fox may have changed the way Australia sings its national anthem after a stirring rendition before the Wallabies and Argentina match on Saturday evening. “Last time I sang the national anthem in front of a crowd it was to perhaps 30 people in Canowindra’s Morris Park when I was 11,” she announced on Saturday morning. "isAmp": "no", Photo: 2020 Getty Images Olivia Fox, who is Wiradjuri, led the rendition in Eora language at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium on Saturday ahead of the Wallabies' Tri Nations Test against Argentina. •. I would love to win a gold medal and hear this playing loud and proud, so so inspiring. “It is an acknowledgment that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures date back 65,000 years,” he said. “This, from the same political party who every Invasion Day assure us that Indigenous peoples aren’t interested in meaningless symbolic gestures like Australia no longer throwing a party on the anniversary of invasion, are now confident that Indigenous peoples will be so excited about this meaningless symbolic change that presumably we will no longer refuse to sing it at national sporting events,” he wrote in a piece on IndigenousX. The change to Advance Australia Fair to include Indigenous Australians has been embraced by some and deemed tokenistic by others. Video. “As soon as I started to sing the anthem, I was overwhelmed with pride. LIVE: Glitz and glitter at the SCG during a Sydney Mardi Gras parade like no other, Barnaby Joyce backs call for independent inquiry into rape allegations against Christian Porter, More misconduct allegations likely to be exposed by parliament’s workplace review, Labor warns, Pope Francis meets top Shi'ite Muslim cleric on second day of historic visit to Iraq, A reckoning or a second wave #MeToo movement? A 17-year-old has made history in Australia by being the first person to sing the national anthem in an indigenous Australian language at an international sporting event. Australia has changed its national anthem in a bid to reflect 60,000 years of Indigenous history. By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS. We love feedback: help us improve by rating the app and sharing your suggestions at [email protected]. The Wallabies, led by singer Olivia Fox, performed the national anthem in the Indigenous Eora language on Saturday night, earning widespread praise. Why I declined to sing the national anthem at the 2015 AFL Grand Final. “If all Australians are to be ‘one and free’, the only way to do this is via a treaty process that includes telling the true history of this nation before and since invasion,” she said. “It’s always gonna be a white supremacy song until the whole song is rewritten,” Mundine said in a statement reported by Nine’s Wide World of Sports. “The feeling was incredible, you know, walking out onto the field I was just so honoured to be there in the first place,” Ms Fox told SBS News. “It doesn’t change the important power problems which First Nations people face.”. That makes me angry | Thomas Mayor for IndigenousX. Updated 0704 GMT (1504 HKT) January 1, 2021. } Olivia Fox sings the Australian anthem in Eora language before a Wallabies match in early December. STIRRING RENDITION Calls grow louder for Indigenous anthem to become permanent One sport is already considering locking in the Indigenous national anthem for international matches. But others said that changing the language didn’t change their problems with the song, with the anthem a source of contention due to its failure to recognise the culture and history of First Nations people. Cricketer and television presenter Trent Copeland said he “wanted to live in an Australian where THIS is our every day”, while netballer Kimberlee Green said it was the best Australian sporting moment she had ever seen. Share on Twitter { Canavan, who recently spoke out against plans to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in the Senate chamber during Naidoc week, said Australia was “a young nation that doesn’t have the same historical hang ups of older cultures”. The Wallabies made history as they became the first Australian … "fallbackImage" : "" That's where she's learned this national anthem from and they've just um you know had such a huge impact in where she is today. Move has been well-received across political spectrum, while triggering calls to improve treatment of Indigenous Australians, Last modified on Fri 1 Jan 2021 19.09 GMT. "dlDisabled": "no", “What really impressed me is that the Wallabies had learnt the song in Eora and sang along in Eora. Wiradjuri woman Olivia Fox sings the national anthem in Dharug language in December. Olivia Fox sings Australia's national anthem in the Eora language during the Tri Nations rugby match in Sydney on December 5, 2020. “The finest rendition of the Australian national anthem. Share on Facebook. Ken Wyatt concedes referendum on Indigenous recognition unlikely before election, Woolworths is forging on with its Dan Murphy's plan for Darwin. Olivia Fox delivers her memorable national anthem at Bankwest Stadium. Olivia Fox sings Australian national anthem in the Eora language before continuing to sing the rest of the anthem in English. Wiradjuri woman Olivia Fox sung the Australian anthem in the Indigenous Eora language before the Tri Nations rugby union game between the Wallabies and Argentina on Saturday night. Wallabies players were seen singing in Eora with the 17-year-old, in a first for an international sporting event in Australia. Catch up on SBS On Demand. 0:00 Guardian Australia understands an announcement is likely in the next week or two. “I want it to be heard ... I’m so proud to be singing this language, and the whole Indigenous community, I could feel them with me,” she said. "playerName" : "", Well done Olivia Fox,” he posted on Twitter. And she's a teenager! Photo: Getty. Passion, pride, inclusive & celebratory of ALL. The Greens vowed to pursue a treaty between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. “And it is an acknowledgment that our future – our potential and our success – lies in us being one – one with ourselves and one with our history – the good and the bad,” he said. “The words of the anthem are not carved in stone,” Kelly said. Reaction from the government backbench was mixed, with support from Craig Kelly, the conservative Sydney-based Liberal party MP. More from 7NEWS.com.au . (Getty) (Getty) Fox told Rugby Heaven's Roz Kelly that her life had changed … Watch SBS World News live daily at 6:30pm on TV and on our app. So, yeah, absolutely can't thank them enough for you know for the journey that they've taken with Olivia as well and yeah, she's she's forever ever singing all the time. Olivia Fox sings Australia… Source: SBS News. As an athlete every time the Australian anthem is performed it should be done this way. “Changing a single word in the national anthem, while First Nations people aren’t even recognised in our national constitution, is simply not good enough,” Albanese said. Share Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox. Olivia Fox, a … Wyatt said the change also recognised “that people who have come across the seas, be it 250 years ago or families that have joined us over the years, are as much of this nation and our story as any other Australian”. Australia's debate around sexual assault sparks reflection, US calls China's planned overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system a 'direct attack' on autonomy, Donald Trump is facing another lawsuit over the deadly US Capitol riot, Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US-Mexico border, posing a challenge for Joe Biden. Olivia Fox sings the national anthem before the match between Australia and Argentina at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney. Cathy Freeman, the prominent Indigenous athlete and Olympic gold medallist, said she had received a phone call from the prime minister overnight about the change and described it as a great way to start the new year. Shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Linda Burney, said the rendition “was respectful, it was stunning, it was fabulous”. “I’m on the record as supporting this change in the past, with the proviso that it brings to an end those wanting to boycott the anthem, so let everyone sing it now with pride.”. Olivia Fox, 17, has shared her pride at singing Australia's national anthem in both the Eora and English languages at a Wallabies Test match on Saturday. Mitchell and other Indigenous NRL players, including Cody Walker, Josh Addo-Carr and Will Chambers previously boycotted singing the anthem throughout the 2019 State of Origin series. An Indigenous version of Australia's national anthem could become a mainstay at sporting events after Olivia Fox's stirring rendition before the Wallabies' year-ending test match captured the hearts of the country. Olivia Fox belts out the Indigenous anthem with the backing of passionate Aussie players. Thorpe, the first Aboriginal senator for Victoria, said Morrison’s decision and his comments about it indicated “that the government is grappling with the issues that alienate Aboriginal people from the rest of Australia”. 7NEWS Australia published this video item, entitled “Sydney teenager Olivia Fox sings Australian anthem in Eora language with the Wallabies | 7NEWS” – below is their description. "We were practising (the Eora version) during the week and our guys were - there was never a question - proud to have the opportunity to do it," Hooper said. That was really very special, and very touching,” Ms Burney told SBS News. Soooooo goood! Teenager Olivia Fox felt “incredible” and was “overwhelmed with pride” as she sang the national anthem in the Eora language at a Wallabies game.
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