Olympian Nova Peris has warned Australia's Indigenous communities could turn their back on the Aboriginal flag and create a new symbol unless the federal government intervenes to seize the copyright
on behalf of WAM Clothing, an Australian company with an exclusive worldwide licence for the use of the flag on apparel.Advertisement
"It has also meant that for the first time since the early 1970s, that Aboriginal people are electing to not use the flag, starting conversations about designing a new flag. A number of Coalition MPs have voiced their support in the Commonwealth paying a "fair and reasonable" price to Mr Thomas to buy out the copyright and compensate its licensees.Ms Peris said it would be "a great shame" for a new flag to be required based on a failure to resolve this complex issue.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Schools call for overseas student return amid 'existential challenges'Principals representing some of Victoria's most expensive private schools have written to the government to plead for urgent return of international students.
Read more »
Officer in charge of Brisbane watch house where Indigenous woman died says there's 'always a lesson to be learnt'Officer in charge of the Brisbane watch house, Inspector Jeff Coote, says his staff are 'jumping on the front foot' to identify areas for improvement after an Aboriginal woman died in custody.
Read more »
UK could hit 50,000 COVID-19 cases per day by mid October, experts warnBritain will face an exponentially growing death rate from COVID-19 within weeks unless urgent action is taken to halt a rapidly spreading second wave, experts have warned.
Read more »
Navalny demands Russia return his clothes as evidence in Novichok investigationKremlin critic Alexei Navalny says Russia sent him to Germany completely naked before he demands that his clothes be returned to him so they may be used as evidence of his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok.
Read more »
Glimmer of hope for Melbourne as Daniel Andrews flags early easing of restrictionsVictoria has recorded five new coronavirus deaths, taking the state toll to 771 and the national figure to 859, as the daily case number dropped to 15.
Read more »
Two million homes to get access to NBN fibre-to-the-home in $3.5b planThe federal government says the major infrastructure investment will create as many as 25,000 jobs over the next two years as the existing fibre-to-the-node rollout is extended along streets across Australia.
Read more »