Home Australia Pauline Hanson demands rainbow flag ban – and where she doesn’t want to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags anymore

Pauline Hanson demands rainbow flag ban – and where she doesn’t want to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags anymore

0 comments
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said she would like to see the Aboriginal, Torres Strait and rainbow flags removed from government use.

Pauline Hanson has said she wants to remove the rainbow flag above the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from Parliament House.

The One Nation leader told Sky News on Wednesday she backed opposition leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to ditch the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and use only the Australian flag as a backdrop for announcements and conferences. press.

In a heated interview, he also demanded that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags be “removed” from Parliament.

“And also the rainbow flag; that’s another thing that makes me angry too,” Senator Hanson told host Chris Kenny.

After winning office, Albanian government ministers introduced the three flags as a backdrop for their official and broadcast appearances.

However, Dutton said on Monday that he will continue to appear before the national parliament if elected prime minister, as he currently does.

Senator Hanson said she was furious when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were displayed alongside the Australian one in the Senate, a measure introduced in June 2022 following the election of the Albanian government.

“I think it’s wrong and it shouldn’t be allowed,” he said.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said she would like to see the Aboriginal, Torres Strait and rainbow flags removed from government use.

‘We are a flag, a nation and a people and that is how it should be.

“It’s divisive, and I hope Peter Dutton follows through on that, if he becomes Prime Minister of this country, get rid of the house flags unless you want to hold a referendum for the people of Australia.”

Shortly before Labor introduced the motion to display the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in the Senate, Senator Hanson gave a speech pointing out that the national flag came from a competition and that in 1977 held a plebiscite on the national anthem.

“The people should be able to choose in this Parliament, not in this Parliament,” he said.

‘This is the people’s house, it is not for senators to decide whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags fly in this chamber.

‘I warn people that this is divisive. We are one nation, one people, one flag.’

Earlier this week, Dutton confirmed that if he is elected prime minister next year he will only display the Australian flag at press conferences, saying displaying three flags is “unnecessarily dividing our country”.

“We must respect the Indigenous flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag, but they are not our national flags,” Mr Dutton said.

Senator Hanson said the only flag that should fly on government buildings is the Australian flag.

Senator Hanson said the only flag that should fly on government buildings is the Australian flag.

During an appearance on Seven’s Sunrise, Mr Dutton was asked if his stance on displaying the Aboriginal flag at press conferences also applied to flying it on the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

“My preference would be that, frankly, we accept that we have a national flag,” he said, but noted it was a matter for the state government.

“For us, at the federal level, I’m not going to pretend that our country can be united when we ask people to identify themselves in different ways.”

Australia should be “very proud of our indigenous heritage”, but Dutton did not believe the country could be united under three flags.

The Aboriginal flag permanently replaced the New South Wales state flag on the Sydney Harbor Bridge in June 2022, despite controversy over the $25 million cost of installing a flagpole.

“I think it brings unity to our country and I think it’s a small price to pay for that unification,” Liberal Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet said at the time.

Australian Indigenous Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said on Tuesday Dutton’s stance on three flags showed he is a divisive figure who appears “unfit to be prime minister”.

“The Australian Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag were proclaimed flags of Australia under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953 on 14 July 1995,” Ms McCarthy said.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is the oldest culture in the world and I think all Australians should be very proud of that.”

You may also like