‘I Am Australian’ is such a great song, and I love to hear Judith Durham beautiful voice singing it - not so keen on the two blokes on the ‘The Voice’ clip but hey, it’s to each his or her own, eh?

I received an email recently from an old friend, the journalist Dai Woosnam who himself has family links with Oz, in which he suggested that the Aussie national Anthem should be replaced by ‘Waltzing Matilda’, and I have to say I agreed with him. But, on reflection, although ‘Matilda’ is a wonderful and evocative piece, I’m thinking now that ‘I Am Australian’ is probably a better option.

And I agree with DtG, the UK National anthem is a bloody dirge and, where Scotland and Wales already have their own anthems, Maggie Holland’s ‘A Place Called England’ would make a superb English anthem.