Australian professional boxer Anthony Mundine has criticised the new change to the lyrics of his country’s national anthem, which he says remains a “white supremacy song”.

Morrison said an agreement had been reached to update the lyrics so as to honour indigenous people, after a recommendation was made by the federal government. 

As such, the second line of “Advance Australia Fair” has been altered from “For we are young and free” to “For we are one and free” – marking the first change to the anthem since it replaced “God Save the Queen” in 1984.

Morrison said the alteration had been made to reflect the “great unity" among Australians and to “acknowledge and respect” the “stewardship” of First Nations peoples in the country’s history.

But indigenous sporting icon Mundine, a former NRL player turned professional boxer, hit out at the lyric change.

“Need to scrap the song & start fresh with bit of black history & white history in a positive light to what our great country is today!

“The core of the anthem is advance Australia white!! Do your own research on it!”

Mundine is also reported by Wide World of Sports as having said in a statement: “It’s always gonna be a white supremacy song until the whole song is rewritten.”

It is not the first time that Mundine has hit out at the Australian national anthem; he previously urged State of Origin players to boycott the song.

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