🇦🇺 National Flag Day 🇦🇺 Today we honour the Australian Flag — a proud symbol of our history, values and patriotism. First flown in 1901, it continues to represent all Australians, from the past to the present. The Australian Flag represents our shared history, our democratic values and the freedoms we cherish. It flies over our schools, our Parliament, our sporting fields and on the shoulders of those who serve in our defence forces — a constant reminder of who we are and what we stand for.

Today is Australian National Flag Day. But in Parliament, I was ordered to take off our national flag. I moved a simple motion: let senators wear the Australian flag with pride, especially today. Labor and the Greens shut it down. They called it a "prop". They mocked it. And they made it clear: They don’t respect our flag. They don’t respect what it stands for. And they certainly don’t respect the Australians who do. The Australian flag isn’t a prop — it’s a symbol of who we are. It flies over o