ANALYSIS: The Commonwealth bought the Aboriginal flag. Has it been 'freed' or colonised?
Both are recognised as national flags of Australia, but while stars and crosses was selected as the winner of a Commonwealth design competition, the design for the Aboriginal flag was born during a turning point for Aboriginal rights in Australia.
"The reason the flag exists is to fight for Aboriginal sovereignty and for Aboriginal self-determination, and the fact that the federal government own it is really the antithesis to the reason the flag exists, in my opinion," she said. They ask to be listened to and empowered to act in their own best interests, but so often, their words aren't heard, and bureaucrats hand down decisions that take away their agency and ultimately leave them worse off.
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