Arguments Favouring The Flag
The Australian National Flag Association was formed to maintain the status quo.
Opponents of changing the flag have made the following arguments:
- It is a popular symbol. No alternative national flag has attained the same degree of acceptance accorded to the existing flag.
- According to Nigel Morris of the Australian Flag Society, it is of historical importance, being the flag "that Australia has grown up under, and the flag that has been associated with all of her many achievements on the international scene",
- It was chosen through an open public competition and designed by four Australians and a man from New Zealand.
Read more about this topic: Australian Flag Debate
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