Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. In 1992 Senator Ron Boswell said:

This chamber must be one of the very few, if not the only chamber, of any parliament in the world that does not display its national symbol.

His motion to fly the Australian flag in this place was adopted unanimously. Yesterday, during NAIDOC Week, this government voted against a motion to display the other official Australian flags, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, in this chamber. Why has the Morrison government denied First Nations people the pride of seeing our flags displayed in this chamber?