Advance Australia Fair

“Advance Australia Fair”, Australia’s national anthem, but does this truly represent our country? Australia has idealistic views of how the country should be, but does not live up to these standards, Australia’s ideals paint a picture of an accepting country, all people are seen as equal and everything is fair. This is not the case. “Advance Australia fair”, the most recognisable line of the Australian anthem, demonstrates Australia’s ideals and highlights the unrealistic and nature of these ideals

In 1984, Peter McCormick’s “Advance Australia Fair” officially became Australia’s national anthem. A song we proudly sing both on Anzac Day and Australia Day, with our hand’s on our heart. Should we be proud to sing a song about absolute lies? “Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free”, it took aboriginals over 60 years to be recognized as human beings, let alone Australians, they were anything but free. “For those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share”, that

The piece Advance Australia … within reason, was conveyed on the 5th of January by Amy Mackintosh, at the annual “University of Students for Youth Political Activism’ meeting held at The University of Melbourne. Mackintosh steadily argues the reasons why Australia should not have become a republic, and how the country should stay as a monarchy. The tone of the speech is very colloquial and even sarcastic, with the middle part being more analytical and serious. The speaker gives the impression that

regarding the place of “Advance Australia Fair” in modern day Australia. At the centre of this disagreement, there lies a much more serious issue concerning Indigenous Australians and the timing in which the national anthem was introduced in regards to the Stolen Generation. Is it time to change, to mend and assist with reconciliation? Questions have emerged from the issue of whether our national anthem is an accurate representation of modern day Australia. Until the late 1970’s Australia was an independent

A national anthem is a symbol that represents the core idea of a country. After more than 30 years of using Advance Australia Fair as Australian national anthem, there are a large amount of dissent about this song. Advance Australia Fair is a good song, but its lyrics is really out of date and need to be changed because it cannot reflect both social attitude and political attitude. As for social attitude, the main criticism is the anthem is racist. The first few lines of the song have already had

want to be. It would seem that religious diversity does advance Australia fair, but it produces complications and struggles in Australia aswell. Australia’s multiculturalism is reflected in our food and cultural practises. Australian culture is as broad and varied as the country’s landscape. (Austrlia.gov.au/about-Australia/our-country). But there are always going to be people who don’t approve of other religion reaching our shores. Australia may have evolved into a diverse, multi-cultural

the police found out and they burn whole village. (Zambia walks the perimeter of the space). Now I am on my way to Australia, from Afghanistan to Thailand to Australia. I will make a home with my cousin in Sydney, go to school and learn. Learn English, proper. I heard Australia is like a story book. A place with beautiful trees, gardens and farms. Everyone is nice and treated fair (A voice over interrupts Zambia, “BOARDER PATROLE”). Zambia freezes looks out the audience looking frightened. Masked

‘Australian Identity’. The national anthem, as evidenced in Stand Up, is a primarily white view of Australia and the Australian identity, with many of the lines ignoring the Indigenous people of Australia (Perkins et al, 2012). Another form of the ‘Australian Identity’ was one presented by Prime Minister Paul Keating in his Redfern Address in 1992. He proclaimed, “Australia…truly the land of the fair go”, representing the hope for an egalitarian society, where every single human has an equal opportunity

national anthem, as evidenced in Stand Up, is a primarily white interpretation of Australia and the Australian identity, with many of the lines ignoring the Indigenous people of Australia (Perkins et al, 2012). Another form of the “Australian Identity” was one presented by Prime Minister Paul Keating in his Redfern Address in 1992. He proclaimed that “Australia is a first-rate social democracy…truly the land of the fair go and the better chance”. This idea presented represents an egalitarian society

“basis that a set of established rules that are known”. It would be unfair for someone to be punished by the law if the rules are not explained or not entirely fair. An important trial in Australian history was the case of Dietrich v The Queen. In this case Olaf Dietrich was convicted of bringing in seventy grams of heroin into Australia. During the trial however, he had no legal representation. He had appealed to the legal aid commission of Victoria who had only sought to represent him, if he had