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Renewed push to change Australian national anthem lyrics

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The debate over the lyrics of the national anthem has reignited. Advance Australia Fair has undergone many alterations since it was written in 1878, now Gladys Berejiklian says another one is needed to recognise Indigenous Australians.

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