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Be strong, keep ‘young and free’

7 June 2019

1:36 PM

7 June 2019

1:36 PM

Almost one-third of the players in the State of Origin on Wednesday night refused to sing the national anthem because of a quibble over one word. They take exception to the word “young” in the phrase “young and free”.

The players all identify as Aboriginal or Islander, and their argument is that their forebears have been here for 60,000 years, and the word “young” is disrespectful to them.

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