Top Tweets for #3Flags

It is absurd that Australia flies three flags on government buildings and official platforms. No serious country does this - it makes us look divided, weak, and unsure of who we are. Americans revere the Stars and Stripes. Their Flag Code sets out clear rules of respect, they display one national flag as the symbol of a united people. They do not dilute it with ideological flags on every official building, letterhead, or email signature. We should do the same. The only flags that belong on any government building, correspondence, website, or email are the Australian National Flag and, where relevant, the state or territory flag. Nothing else. Queensland has already moved to remove Acknowledgements of Country and secondary flags from public service email signatures. That should be the national standard - and it should also ban pronouns in email signatures, they are ridiculous and unserious. Iconic public infrastructure paid for by taxpayers, such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, should fly only the Australian flag and the New South Wales flag. NSW taxpayers fund its upkeep. They should see their own flags, not a display of competing symbols. We must also stop tolerating the destruction of our monuments, cenotaphs, and statues. Iconoclasm is not protest. It is a sign of a society that is fracturing and losing confidence in itself. If we want to hold this country together, we start by uniting under one flag. That requires legislation, not more symbolism or ritual. One people. One flag. One nation. #AustraliaFirst