Outkast ’s “ Hey Ya ! ” is a popular terpsichore anthem , but recently , a small radical of Australian citizens wanted to make it a national hymn , as well . AsHuffPost Australia report , four people submitted a petition in March to replace the country ’s official song , “ Advance Australia Fair , ” with the rosehip - hop radical ’s 2003 hit .
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull provide a formal response to the House of Representatives , which was set back yesterday . Predictably , it contained a cultivated rejection :
In his response , Turnbull explained that the Australian National Anthem ’s words and line were only made official in 1984 ( it replaced British anthem “ God Save The Queen ” ) , so it ’s still comparatively unexampled . Plus , it was “ acquire only after exhaustive surveys of home opinion , start in the 1970s , ” so it ’s middling popular among most Australians , Turnbull add . “ The Australian Government has no design to change the Anthem , " he concluded .
Jokes aside , this is n’t the first sentence that Australian citizens have write out call to tweak their country ’s hymn . As HuffPost Australia guide out , Peter Vickery , a Supreme Court judge in the Australian country of Victoria , want to change the “ Advance Australia Fair ” lyrics to make them more inclusive of indigenous Australians .
Vickery argues that the song ’s second rail line , “ For we are young and gratuitous , " should be swapped out for the Book " In repose and harmony . " Historically , European colonizer and Australian lawmakers treated the nation ’s indigenous population ill , so some native peoples may be breach by these descriptor , the Supreme Court judge contend . He also penned a third verse , which includes ethnic references like the Uluru ( also known as Ayers Rock ) , a sandstone landmark that ’s look at consecrated by indigenous Australians .
" This office demand to be put right and without delay , ” Vickery read in a statement , as quoted byThe West Australia . “ Our national hymn need to be inclusive of all Australians and restore to what it always should have been : a genuinely inclusive internal anthem . "
The Australian government recently turn down Vickery ’s proposal . They did say , however , that " there may be occasions when ( Vickery ’s ) version of Advance Australia Fair could be performed as a patriotic song,“according toThe Courier Mail .
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