"Everyone please stand for the national anthem." Those are the words that echo throughout a crowd seconds before sisters Jess and Lisa Orgiliasso launch into their most enduring song to date.

On April 8 1974, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced to parliament the nation’s new national anthem: Advance Australia Fair. Australia was growing up. We could stop saving “our gracious Queen” and ...

The Northern Territory government has mandated public school students to sing the Australian national anthem during assemblies and special events. Under the policy introduced today, all 152 of the ...