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A number of Aboriginal flags at an Invasion Day Protest in Melbourne, 2019. The Aboriginal flag is often included in various proposed designs to replace the current Australian Flag. One proposal has been to substitute the Union Flag, located in the canton of the Australian Flag, with the Aboriginal flag. Harold Thomas said of this idea: "I ...
The Australian government said on Tuesday it had acquired copyright to the Aboriginal flag so it can be freely used, resolving a commercial dispute that had restricted sporting teams and ...
[12] [13] The outcome was that he was declared the copyright owner of the flag's design, according to copyright law of Australia. [14] [15] In 2010 Thomas was involved in a dispute with Google over its intended use of a 12-year-old Australian girl's artwork incorporating the Australian Aboriginal flag into its logo. Thomas refused to allow ...
Statute Law Revision Act 2008, Flags Amendment Act 1998, Flags Amendment Act 1981, Statute Law Revision Act 1973, Flags Act 1954 Status: Amended The Flags Act 1953 is an act of the Parliament of Australia which defines the official Australian National Flag and the Australian Red Ensign .
Flag of Australia with Aboriginal flag replacing Union flag. NOTE: The original creator of the Aboriginal flag does not consider this suitable for a future Australian flag, and claims that it's in violation of his copyrights. Date: 1 August 2006: Source
A range of laws applying to or of specific relevance to Indigenous Australians.A number of laws have been passed since the European settlement of Australia, initially by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, then by the Governors or legislature of each of the Australian colonies and more recently by the Parliament of Australia and that of each of its States and Territories, these laws ...
The Torres Strait Islander flag is permanently flown alongside the Australian Aboriginal flag in front of Adelaide Town Hall in Adelaide, South Australia. [ 7 ] Following the 2022 Australian federal election on 21 May 2022, the incoming Anthony Albanese -led Labor government started displaying the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander ...
The Aboriginal Flag was made a flag of Australia by the GG in a proclamation (a type of regulation) under the general authority of the Flags Act, section 5. The main effect of being a flag "of Australia" is that the design is fixed by law.