Should the Union Jack be removed from Australia’s flag? Here are the alternatives.
The flag of Australia was chosen in 1901 after a worldwide competition following Federation.
It is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Jack top left, and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star.
There have been persistent debates over changing the flag for years, particularly around the Australian Bicentenary in 1988 and the Sydney Olympics.
Former PM Paul Keating supported a change: "I do not believe that the symbols and the expression of the full sovereignty of Australian nationhood can ever be complete while we have a flag with the flag of another country on the corner of it."
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