/ 20 June 2022

Aboriginal flag to fly high

Image source: Flickr
Image source: Flickr

It’s going to cost $25 million and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet doesn’t know why, but the Aboriginal flag will be a permanent feature on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. “I think it brings unity to our country, and I think it’s a small price to pay for that unification,” he said yesterday. Previously up for 19 days a year to mark days of importance, it follows a petition pushing for the acknowledgement of Aboriginal cultures led by Indigenous artist Cheree Toka receiving 177,000 signatures. Officials say it’s quite an engineering feat to install the new 6-storey flag pole and a 9×4.5m flag – a project that should be completed by the end of the year. “I’m even surprised it takes this long … I’ll go to Bunnings myself and climb up there and put the pole up,” Perrottet said yesterday. The Aboriginal flag has been around a lot in the last month – it and the Torres Strait Islander flags are now featured in federal government press conferences alongside the Aussie flag.

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