Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today is Australian National Flag Day. This morning we held a flag-raising ceremony in the forecourt of the Parliament House raising the Centenary Flag, which was marched on by members of the Federation Guard and presented to the Prime Minister, after which it was raised. The Centenary Flag is the Australian National Flag, with its headband inscribed with details of the first flying the flag and incorporates a crimson stripe to represent the thread of kinship that stands at the heart of our Federation. The third of September 1901 was the day on which the Australian National Flag was first flown. The Centenary Flag was proclaimed an official flag of Australia by the then Governor-General, Sir William Deane, on 13 September 2001. Lapel pins of our flag are available from party whips.