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s long as the Union Jack is gone ok with me

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    On 10/21/2021 at 7:04 PM, Cassiew said:

    s long as the Union Jack is gone ok with me

    Couldn’t agree more….the present set up does not reflect ourselves, although a lot would have to change in Canberra for the political will to change a la Canada.

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    On 10/21/2021 at 7:04 PM, Cassiew said:

    s long as the Union Jack is gone ok with me

    Yep. Leave the flag as is and take out the union jack.

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    5 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Yep. Leave the flag as is and take out the union jack.

    I'd remove the Union Jack but replace that portion of the flag with the indigenous flag

    Forever recognising the original inhabitants of our great country

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    46 minutes ago, Macca said:

    I'd remove the Union Jack but replace that portion of the flag with the indigenous flag

    Forever recognising the original inhabitants of our great country

    I first saw that used in the film, Event Horizon.  Sam Neill was wearing it on his suit...

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    4 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    I first saw that used in the film, Event Horizon.  Sam Neill was wearing it on his suit...

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    Well there you go ... never knew,  HT

    Looks good too

    And I don't dislike or hate the union jack ... it's just time to move on and recognise other, more important aspects to our history (and that goes back approximately 40,000 years)

    By the way, 'Event Horizon' - good movie!

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    7 hours ago, Macca said:

    I'd remove the Union Jack but replace that portion of the flag with the indigenous flag

    Forever recognising the original inhabitants of our great country

    I am not going to argue with you as you have a fair point however I believe this may be controversial. I would have it just blue.

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    3 hours ago, dl4e said:

    I am not going to argue with you as you have a fair point however I believe this may be controversial. I would have it just blue.

    Of course,  it would be controversial ... but if it was passed through at a referendum then the majority vote would rule

    But it would probably be even more difficult to remove the union jack

    It's all a bit of a moot point as I can't see a move for real change in the foreseeable future anyway

    Ad for the national anthem ...

    We first replaced God save the Queen in 1974 (Whitlam) with Advance Australia Fair only for GSTQ to be reinstated in 1976 (Fraser) and then back to AAF in 1984 (Hawke) ... back then the ALP & the Coalition favoured one over the other (thus, the back & forth)

    Gough led the original charge from memory

    I remember voting for Waltzing Matilda in a referedum back in 1977 (?)

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    On 2/24/2022 at 6:54 AM, Cards13 said:

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    If such a flag was agreed to, I’d prefer that the kangaroo was replaced by the stars of the southern cross (in yellow).  Having said that though, appropriating the indigenous flag in this way (removing the sun which is an integral part of their flag), might not sit well with the first nations’ people.  That’s why it probably makes more sense to have it replace the Union Jack on the existing flag, or go with an entirely different design that doesn’t lend itself to any existing flags at all.

    Also, why would we want a flag like the first of those two, that uses the QANTAS kangaroo??

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