John Farnham’s You’re the Voice is the perfect anthem for the yes vote – despite what Peter Dutton thinks
Andrew Stafford
It’s breathtakingly cynical for the opposition leader to use such a clear, empowering lyric to sow confusion. And Farnham’s gifting of it couldn’t be better timed
You’re the Voice: John Farnham lends song to yes referendum campaign – video
Singer joins Paul Kelly in supporting constitutional recognition and hopes use of song will help ‘change the lives of our First Nations peoples for the better’
You’re the Voice: John Farnham lends song that ‘changed my life’ to yes side advertisement
Singer joins Paul Kelly in supporting constitutional recognition and hopes use of song will help ‘change the lives of our First Nations peoples for the better’
July 2023
John Farnham cancer-free and ‘super positive’ a year after mouth surgery
Son Robert says 74-year-old is singing and dancing at home after surgery in August 2022
John Farnham: Finding the Voice review – a gushy account of Australian music history
This eulogistic documentary has Farnham’s blessing, but we learn very little about the man himself as everyone else reflects on his career
Reaction videos offer a smorgasbord of humanity. Sorry, Dad - I’m a John Farnham girl now
Rebecca Shaw
It gives me a jolt of feeling connected to people in a world that often rewards emotional numbness
May 2023
Make a noise and make it clear! How John Farnham’s You’re the Voice became Australia’s anthem
The singer’s career was flagging when a strange, effusive protest track landed on his desk. A new documentary details how his best-known song came to be – bagpipes and all
October 2022
John Farnham cracking jokes with nurses after mouth cancer surgery, sons say
Singer, 73, is focused on getting better after 12-hour operation in August to remove cancerous growth, sons Robert and James say in TV interview
