Australian flag 'not a symbol of racism'
dailytelegraph.au: A council ruling to shame us all
The Green and Labor-dominated Waverley Council has revealed itself as a deeply flawed organisation totally divorced from the views of the wider Australian community.
It wrongly believes that the Australian flag is a divisive symbol of racism and must be banned from appearing over the council-owned Bondi Pavilion in the centre of the iconic beach because it might inflame tensions.
That this belief is held only by halfwits from the beachside council and not by representatives of the Muslim community (or any from any other identifiable group), which the councillors concerned had claimed might take offence at the sight of our flag, demonstrates how absolutely isolated Green and ALP representatives are on this issue.
The arguments that Green and Labor members have advanced to justify their scandalous decision lack any intellectual substance and serve only to show how utterly disconnected from reality these councillors are.
The surf clubs and the local RSL all proudly fly the Australian flag at Bondi, and locals and tourists would be amazed if they did not. Read more
theaustralian: PM, Costello split on flag 'desecration'
John Howard and Peter Costello agree Australia is not a racist nation but are at odds over whether it is appropriate to drape yourself in the Australian flag to attend a race riot.
The Prime Minister last week refused to condemn young men who wore the Australian flag while provoking violence on the Cronulla beachfront.
"I would never condemn people for being proud of the Australian flag," Mr Howard said at the time.
But the Treasurer is taking a dimmer view of the behaviour, labelling it a desecration of the flag.
"The Australian flag represents the nation, it represents what is good about our nation and it is not something to be wrapped around as you are battering somebody in the street," Mr Costello said on ABC radio today.
"I actually think that is a desecration of the Australian flag.
"The Australian flag should unite, it should not divide the Australian public."
However, Mr Costello and Mr Howard agree Australia is not essentially a racist nation, a proposition with which a majority of respondents to a national newspaper poll disagree.
An ACNielsen poll, published in Fairfax newspapers today, found that 75 per cent of people disagreed with the statement made by the Prime Minister following the Cronulla riots.
Only 22 per cent agreed with him. Link
The Green and Labor-dominated Waverley Council has revealed itself as a deeply flawed organisation totally divorced from the views of the wider Australian community.
It wrongly believes that the Australian flag is a divisive symbol of racism and must be banned from appearing over the council-owned Bondi Pavilion in the centre of the iconic beach because it might inflame tensions.
That this belief is held only by halfwits from the beachside council and not by representatives of the Muslim community (or any from any other identifiable group), which the councillors concerned had claimed might take offence at the sight of our flag, demonstrates how absolutely isolated Green and ALP representatives are on this issue.The arguments that Green and Labor members have advanced to justify their scandalous decision lack any intellectual substance and serve only to show how utterly disconnected from reality these councillors are.
The surf clubs and the local RSL all proudly fly the Australian flag at Bondi, and locals and tourists would be amazed if they did not. Read more
theaustralian: PM, Costello split on flag 'desecration'
John Howard and Peter Costello agree Australia is not a racist nation but are at odds over whether it is appropriate to drape yourself in the Australian flag to attend a race riot.
The Prime Minister last week refused to condemn young men who wore the Australian flag while provoking violence on the Cronulla beachfront.
"I would never condemn people for being proud of the Australian flag," Mr Howard said at the time.
But the Treasurer is taking a dimmer view of the behaviour, labelling it a desecration of the flag.
"The Australian flag represents the nation, it represents what is good about our nation and it is not something to be wrapped around as you are battering somebody in the street," Mr Costello said on ABC radio today.
"I actually think that is a desecration of the Australian flag.
"The Australian flag should unite, it should not divide the Australian public."
However, Mr Costello and Mr Howard agree Australia is not essentially a racist nation, a proposition with which a majority of respondents to a national newspaper poll disagree.
An ACNielsen poll, published in Fairfax newspapers today, found that 75 per cent of people disagreed with the statement made by the Prime Minister following the Cronulla riots.
Only 22 per cent agreed with him. Link
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