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Australia Day Council Restores Flag

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At the February Senate Estimates, I raised concerns that the Australian Flag was absent from The Australia Day Council’s website.

I am pleased to see that it has now been restored.

Our flag is a symbol of our shared values, our democracy and our monocultural society.

Displaying it proudly reminds us of all that we can be united under one flag.

Transcript

CHAIR: We will head straight to questions.  

Senator ROBERTS: Thank you for being here tonight. Senator Ayres, you had better be ready for a long session.  

Senator Ayres: I’m all ears.  

Senator ROBERTS: At the last estimates, I asked you why the Australia Day Council did not have an Australian flag on their website. I’m pleased to see that you now have an Australian flag. Thank you. Well done. It’s good to see.  

Mr Ashurst: I would like to say thank you, Senator. As the interim CEO, once that was brought to my attention, as a former soldier myself, I found that was very important to rectify.  

Senator ROBERTS: That is gratifying to hear. Thank you. I note that you have removed the flash screen acknowledgement of country and instead displayed the Aboriginal flag in your header, which is a fair compromise that I hope leads to further engagement with Australia Day by the Aboriginal community.  

Mr Ashurst: Yes, Senator. It was a deliberate choice in accordance with normal government convention to display not only the Australian national flag but also the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag. We obviously are aiming for Australia Day and the Australian of the Year awards to be inclusive as much as possible and be representative of our entire nation and the make-up of our entire nation.  

Senator ROBERTS: Thank you. That’s all. 

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Join Us for an Australia Day BBQ

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Enjoy a “sausage in a blanket” with grilled onion (optional) together with a chilled drink. Gold Coin donation appreciated!

RSVP here to help us keep track of numbers: https://www.onenation.org.au/australia-day-bbq

📍 The Esplanade, Paradise Point | Opposite Cafe 7 (look for the orange One Nation tents).

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Happy Australia Day!

Big corporate companies, governments and activists are part of a movement to make Australians feel guilty, instead of proud of the Australian Flag. 

The movement tries to make us all feel guilty about celebrating our country, its culture and rich resources. It targets the colour of our skin. 

It’s a deceptive movement that cherry picks facts to tell Australia that the entire system is racist and leaves out the achievements we’ve all made together. 

Aboriginal people were certainly here first. Like anyone who lives on the land, Aboriginals have connection to it. Atrocities were committed, yet it’s important to point out that people living today are not responsible for the atrocities. 

Equally, the people who arrived here since 1770 began evolving the society we live in today. We severed ties with the colonial British Empire. We, the Australian people, voted in the 1967 referendum to include Aboriginal Australians. 

Australians brought together everyone as one to all be counted as Australian, and fixed the early mistake of dividing Australia. 

Together we developed into a society that cares, listening to the needs of remote communities to the point that we collectively spend up to $30 billion a year trying to help less than 4% of the population. 

Naysayers seeking to trigger and perpetuate guilt conveniently skipped over the advances in medicine, literature, infrastructure, natural conservation and general welfare we’ve made together over centuries. 

Australia is not perfect. Many people know I have severe criticisms about the changed direction in which our country is heading recently under globalist policies.  

The worst thing we can do is forget how far we’ve come together and how much more we can achieve together if we resist the nasty politics of division.  

I want some things fixed, yet I’m very proud of our country. I remain hopeful of what every Australian can achieve when we work together, regardless of skin colour, regardless of ancestry.

We are one community, we have one flag, we are One Nation.

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Keep Australia Day on Australia Day

It’s pretty simple, #changingthedate of Australia Day won’t satisfy the “Blak Sovereign” movement behind the campaign.

Australia Day is a day to unite, reflect and respect our history and acknowledge we are stronger as a country without dividing ourselves on skin colour or ancestry. We have one flag, we are One Nation, we are one community.
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