When children stand and sing the Australian national anthem together, they are being initiated into citizenship.
The sun had not long set on Australia Day when a story popped up on the website of The Australian newspaper. The headline read: "Northern Territory government mandates national anthem for all school ...
Children in the Northern Territory will be mandated to sing two verses of the Australian national anthem at school assemblies ...
The new schools policy, announced after Australia Day, also requires students to learn about national symbols such as the national anthem and its “contribution … to the Australian identity”. This ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being "young and free" amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest continued ...
The NT government is mandating that all public schools will play and sing the Australian national anthem during assemblies and special events. The new policy will also include an update to the school ...