Peter Dutton has declared that he will only stand before the Australian flag if he is elected prime minister, claiming that having three flags was “unnecessarily dividing our country”.
Since Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister, the Australian flag is now displayed alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at press conferences.
Before his election, only the Australian flag was displayed.
However, Dutton argued the practice “unnecessarily divides people” and said he would only address the nation with the Australian flag displayed behind him.
“I firmly believe that we are a country united under one flag and if we ask people to identify with different flags, no other country does that, and we are dividing our country unnecessarily,” he told Sky News. .
“We should respect the Indigenous flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag, but they are not our national flags.”
Dutton also criticized Albanese for sending “a very confusing message” to Australians about the country’s values and the celebration of Australia Day.
He called Albanese “the weakest Prime Minister” in the country’s history and said Australians should celebrate the national holiday under “one flag”.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he would only stand in front of the Australian flag when addressing the country if elected Prime Minister.
Since Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister, the Australian flag is seen alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at press conferences.
“The Prime Minister is not criticizing Woolworths or calling out pubs who don’t want to celebrate Australia,” Mr Dutton said.
‘He wants to be everything to everyone, which is why people rightly perceive him as the weakest Prime Minister we have had in the history of our country.
“I think the fact is that we must stand up for who we are, our values and what we believe in.
“We are united as a country when we come together under one flag, which is what we should do on Australia Day.”
Dutton said Australians should reflect more on the country’s rich migrant history and “value and respect” the history of migration.
“The incredible story of people who came here, particularly in the post-World War II period, with nothing, and worked hard as traders, as farmers, and educated their children,” Mr Dutton said.
‘The next generation has done incredibly well. They themselves have done well. Today we are a great country for that reason. “We don’t talk about that part of our history at all and that’s a view I’ve adopted.”
A shocking poll last week indicates Dutton is on course to secure a victory in the next federal election.
Seat-by-seat analysis of the latest polls shows that Albanese’s government currently has an “almost zero” chance of retaining its majority in the House of Representatives and the Coalition is set to snatch at least nine seats from it in next year’s federal election. .
Dutton called Anthony Albanese the “weakest” Prime Minister, claiming he was sending a “very mixed message” to Australians about the country’s values.
The shocking prediction comes after Accent Research and RedBridge Group surveyed almost 5,000 voters, who then modeled what the makeup of the federal parliament is likely to look like after the next election.
RedBridge found the Coalition’s strategy of focusing on suburban and provincial seats hardest hit by the cost of living crisis was working to win over voters.
Based on current voting intentions, there is an 82 per cent chance the Coalition will have the most seats in the lower house, winning between 64 and 78 seats, compared to 59 to 71 for Labour, according to the head of Accent Research, Dr. Shaun Ratcliff.
The Greens and Cross MPs were likely to win 13 seats, while another 14 electors were too close to achieve.
The parties need to win 76 seats in the Lower House to form a government.