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Australia on bottom rung of Reconciliation ladder
And just before the clock struck midnight, we as a nation were united.
Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief. We had done it; we had reached the momentous occasion of being united — Reconciliation at long last.
- Rachel Stringfellow
- NIT
The struggle was no more.
How, you might ask?
The Australian national anthem had been amended from ‘For we are young and free’ to ‘For we are one and free’.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the change was to “honour Indigenous people” and the migration which this country has seen.
Ironically, the majority of Indigenous people see such a…