Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Years Day announced a change to the national anthem in an effort to reflect a “spirit of unity” by acknowledging Indigenous people’s history and togetherness through the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor-General David Hurley confirmed the amendment to “Advance Australia Fair” on Thursday, the government said in a statement. Effective from New Years Day the second line in the national anthem will read “for we are one and free,” changed from “for we are young and free.” Morrison said the alteration was in recognition of First Nations peoples who have lived on the continent for thousands of years and the nation’s united efforts enduring the pandemic throughout the last year. “We are a nation that prevails. We are making our own Australian way through this crisis. A way guided by our enduring principles and values,” Morrison wrote in an op-ed published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday. …