Should We Change the Australian Flag?

By: JBurns
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Journalist Tory Shepherd believes the Australian Flag needs an overhaul so it better represents modern Australian and the diverse cultural backgrounds of our citizens. Do you think it is time for a change?

Current Results
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No keep the flag we can't ignore our heritage

77%

Yes it is time we changes our flag to reflect modern Australia

23%
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Comments

wren

that is so much crap. im not a necessarily a royalist but the aussie flag is great as it is. if you absolutely had to change the flag it would be only to remove the union jack if thats all, and leave only the southern cross...that simple... but NOT because of our muliticultural citizens backgrounds.
so what would that mean "everytime a new group of people arrived to live in oz we'd change the flag again to incorporate their backgrounds"
a load of rubbish. leave it alone,,,
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by wren (23/01/2010)
jesh

I agree with wren. Leave the flag as it is.

by jesh (23/01/2010)
Paralytic

Like I asked in the forums, "Is it broke"?

by Paralytic (24/01/2010)
radiobuff09

dont touch anything???? ITS BEAUTIFULL!!!!

by radiobuff09 (24/01/2010)
aussieDave

If new citizens don't live under the Southern Cross there is something wrong with their citizenship...
Our British past is just that, the past, because we have new people here doesn't change history... Personally I don't mind swapping the Union Jack for the Aboriginal Rising Sun, as I don't see any links to our past these days, we don't even follow the Magna Carta any more (bikie & terror laws both ignore Magna Carta)...

by aussieDave (26/01/2010)
fludge

It's a great looking flag. But unfortunately it is offensive to indigenous Australians, and I can see why. We need one flag that is representative of all Australians. Until that happens reconciliation stalls. P.S. I am the third generation of our family to have served Australia in a war zone so don't come with that false patriotic "i fought under the flag' crap.

by fludge (26/01/2010)
Theonlywombat

Dont care...............fence sitter...

by Theonlywombat (26/01/2010)
radiobuff09

im not sure people?but since thats the way it has been for a long time,,,iff it aint broke dont fix it !!!!

by radiobuff09 (02/02/2010)
Jedkh

We can't ignore our heritage? Pfft... Australia was Englands wasteland the overseas dump! I am totally for getting rid of the Union Jack and becoming a republic. So soon we forget that England dumped our ancestors here because they were not good enough for England and yet we still celebrate the Queen of England. Keep the Southern Cross dump the Union Jack.

by Jedkh (04/02/2010)
Jedkh

Why not incorporate the southern cross into the Aboriginal flag?

by Jedkh (04/02/2010)
OzRob

For what GOOD reason?

by OzRob (10/02/2010)
Proudaussie

Leave the flag as it is. Think of all those who have fought and died under the flag, consider the history, consider what we've done as a people under this flag. No point in changing it, lets fix more pressing issues before we play with history. We're Aussie and proud of what we've done so far with this flag, now let's crack on and continue to do good things... Move on, look forward!

by Proudaussie (02/04/2010)
Proudaussie

Jedkh, you've hit the nail on the head. It's the Aboriginal flag mate, not the rest of societies flag. We're all united under the current flag, Union Jack or not. Plently currently fighting under the current flag, no issues with them doing their job. They know they're aussie and hats off to those who will put their family on hold and life on the line for the cause. Leave it and focus on fixing more pressing issues than this!

by Proudaussie (02/04/2010)
lumina42

Great flag but loose the postage stamp in the corner

by lumina42 (06/04/2010)
peteinaus

ray martin is a fool do we want a flag change No

by peteinaus (26/04/2010)
snug

I am all for acknowledging the First Nations and removing the Union Jack from the Australian flag.

by snug (07/07/2010)
 

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