I, like most Australians, would say that we are truly thankful for QE II. But I am a republican, and think that an English person has no business being our head of state...or (since I am both an English person and an Australian citizen) that our Head of State should be an Australian citizen.
But, as I say, the benign leadership of Elizabeth II gives us much to be thankful for. It is about her competence, her genuiness and her track record.
But I decided today while we were singing the Royal Anthem that I am never going to sing God Save the King!
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I saw a comment the other day which said, if we do such a great job with the prime ministers we choose, what hope do we have for choosing a president!!,
I could think of a number of Presidents who stack up rather better than PMs.
The Present GG for example. President Quentin.
Former GG Sir Ninian Stephens, and Sir William Deane.
A-V Marshall Angus Houston
And, I actually think Julia is not too bad....
I've always thought that Waltzing Matilda would do nicely as our national anthem but then I found out that Allens Music sold it to an American company years ago.
I guess that only leaves Daddy Cool's Eagle Rock.
Great to hear from you again South Oz Bloke,,,
I was interested in your comment and followe dit up here
http://www.rogerclarke.com/WM/Copyright.html
doesn't seem quite so straightforward...I am involved in a choir and one of the difficulties is that copyrights for Words and Music exists (or may exist) independently.
This would appear to be the case with Waltzing Matilda.
Incidentally...apparently Happy Birthday is also copyright.
I don't imagine that every family has to pay $5 every time we sing it....but if you make a film then that is probably so!!!
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