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Scott Morrison’s one-word gesture won’t unify Australia, but a bigger conversation might
Only hours before the clock ticked over into 2021, the Prime Minister of Australia announced a single word would be changed in the national anthem; from we are “young and free”, to we are “one and free.”
A gesture, he says, that “takes nothing away, but adds so much” to our nation’s story, “for all Australians”.
- Teela Reid
- The Sydney Morning Herald
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