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Boxing great Anthony Mundine has slammed a one-word change to Australia’s national anthem as “tokenistic”, saying the whole song needs to be rewritten to incorporate Indigenous Australian heritage.
It comes as the federal government is due to release a long-awaited options paper regarding an Indigenous voice to parliament next week.
SBS News understands the interim report on the voice to parliament options is expected to be released within the next week and will trigger the next stage of public consultations.
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Australians woke on Friday to discover the second line of lyrics of the national anthem had been changed from "for we are young and free" to "for we are one and free".