New flag design.

[evillius]

Like most Aussies I love our flag but I have a niggle deep down inside me about the union jack's prominence. I understand and respect many of our relatives (including mine) fought and died under this flag but a flag is an official symbol of a nation designed for the time. And times change, and people change, and societies evolve. And ours has evolved a lot since 1901.

As a kid I sang our national anthem "God Save The Queen" every Monday morning at school. I'm glad that's not our national anthem any more and I reckon most Australians would be. So I'm not averse to changing the flag at all.

The flag in the OP seems pretty good for the symbolism it contains and I liked it more after I read the link. Not sure about the green and gold stars though, think white stars on blue like current design looks better.

Used to think this one was a good one http://www.flagoz.com/ but like the OP version better after comparing them.

Anyway, this will be an interesting thread and no opinion will be more valid than another. Will be a difficult process to change the current flag but I believe it is inevitable in time.

I love our flag, but I do agree with some of the points you have made, like the niggle about the union jack & the anthem. However I am yet to see a reasonable alternative to the current flag offered up. The one in the op is too busy & trying to incorporate too much. The flagoz one seems too 'cartoonish' for want of a better word.

[Coldcomfort]

I think that the flag in the OP would look better if they dropped the green and gold stars and replaced them with plain white stars..... Too tired now but I will modify the fist image and post that up later..... with the white stars.

[Clunk]

I think that the flag in the OP would look better if they dropped the green and gold stars and replaced them with plain white stars..... Too tired now but I will modify the fist image and post that up later..... with the white stars.

And don't forget to add a bit a green and a nice big red Dragon

Don't stroke it, TAP it!!!!.....

[Coldcomfort]

And don't forget to add a bit a green and a nice big red Dragon

Don't stroke it, TAP it!!!!.....

Sure, why not......

[Woof]

Hate it, we only have ONE FLAG and it is OURS, I do not care about it's origins....... change the national anthem, YES but touch the OUR FLAG and there will be trouble....................getting hot under the collar just thinking about it.

Leaving now before I have to whack an infraction on myself

[MC97GQ]

Hate it, we only have ONE FLAG and it is OURS, I do not care about it's origins....... change the national anthem, YES but touch the OUR FLAG and there will be trouble....................getting hot under the collar just thinking about it.

Leaving now before I have to whack an infraction on myself

I'm with you Doggie & Ferret, why is everyone so quick to jump at changing the flag(always seems to come up around Australia day). Like it or not this country has a British heritage after all if Cook and Phillip hadn't come here there wouldn't be an Australia as we know it. As far as the Union Jack goes, like it or not we are actually still a Commonwealth country. If you don't like the flag or you are offended by it, you know what you can do?

Every country on the planet has seen radical change in population demographic in the last 112 years due to immigration, war and economic circumstances, no one else seems to be in a big hurry to change their flag. Last night they were banging on about how at the olympics you couldn't tell which flag was which, what about the tri-colours of the european countries they get a bit confusing at times, no ones changing their flags.

And if it is all so bloody confusing then we might as well change the name from Australia, because how many times has the Austrian flag or anthem been displayed to represent Australia.

LEAVE MY FLAG ALONE, I am a proud Aussie(and no I'm not a monarchist) and I am more than happy with it.

Anyway end of rant, and Happy AUSTRALIA(Not citizens, not Invasion) day.

Mark

[my third 256]

so is usa going to change their flag also for the indigenous
the aboriginal flag is made up not that long ago so why do we need to have it as part of ours
giult i think

[threedogs]

Thought that was a new beach towel from K-Mart. Leave our flag alone {identity}
Love seeing it raised at the Olympics, hate seeing it at half mast. we have already recognised the presence of the black man.
also love watching a new batsman touch it on the way out the the centre during the Boxing day test.
Its Australian ,its ours, leave it as it is Flying free.

WOW is this thread gunna hit some nerves

[Bigrig]

1. Love our flag - everyone can keep their filthy hands off it
2. The Union "Jack" is in the corner - not the Union "Flag" ... the Union Flag was only referred to as Jack by the navy in days gone by - that is because it hung from the 'Jack Mast' of old ships ... it is in the corner of the flag as a representation of our formation - off the back of a ship that sailed here from a foreign land (Yep, England ... I'll stick with foreign for now, I lived there for long enough to have an opinion!! lol). It is nothing more than that, hence why it takes up about 1/4 of the flag space).
3. The Southern Cross - enough said - that's about the best symbol those boys back in the 1900's could have come up with ... full marks. Represents our land like a beauty!
4. The 7 pointed star represents the 6 states under the federation and 1 point for the territories ... was originally 6 pointed though as I think Tasmania was an insignificant island off the mainland that no one cared about but they kicked up a stink and subsequently a point was added ... That's about right, hey Lucas??!! lmao.

I've got 26 (about to be 27) country stamps on my passport, and we are the only nation that harps on in some consistent cycle about changing our flag, changing our national anthem, etc ... how about those people changing their f#cking attitude about this nation and realise its a sum of the whole (i.e. all the people) and stop looking to make change by changing superficial things that have enormous bearing on many. Where would it stop, how many changes would be allowed, and how long till we lost our identity on a global scale completely?? What a joke.

This gets my back up ... not to mention the suggestion by some f'wit to change Australia Day to "Citizen Day" as a reflection of the large diversity of people here - was a f'ing disgrace ... I am no racist, I am welcoming of anyone who wants to come here so long as they are willing to adopt our lifestyles, practices etc (no, I don't mean practices in reference to religion and the like, so before any smart @rse latches onto that - leave it alone). BUT, if what seems to be becoming more prevalent keeps happening (no language skills, no job skills, no intent to become an Aussie, setup of isolated cells to make it "feel more like home", etc) ... well, back you go ...

My two (and last) cents ...

EDIT: just read Plassy's comments earlier about changing of the anthem to suit, so hence the possibility of changing the flag to suit also ... agree with you 100% Rohan ... it's simple, and the one we would all probably agree on ... remove the Union Jack, bang the Australian coat of arms in that corner and job done - that's the only one I would even consider if it went to vote (which I hope it doesn't).

[growler2058]

Frok ain't had a good Scotty post for a while hahahahahaa
Started work at 2 this morning so will take me a while to absorb that post mate
Now ya can't change the flag! What about all those out there with Aussie flag tatts mate????


Rock out with ya..........tap out