The Australian Flag Should Be Changed

There has been many arguments on whether the Australian flag should be changed or not. And I believe that by changing the Australian flag can help to reinforce our national pride. A flag is a representative of a nation and its people. Our current flag demonstrates a strong sense of pride and the same emotions will still be carried through by the new flag. By changing the flag design it would display a more clear and recognisable Australian identity.

Our Australian flag has been around for many years, since the last design was created. However, it has always lead to some confusions to foreigners. Some foreigners would often ask “what part of Britain are you from?” Our flag does not display a well enough Australian identity at first sight. The reason why we have our own flag is because we are a independent nation, we are not under the control of Britain. So having a Union Jack in our flag is not necessary. Furthermore our flag resembles the New Zealand flag too much. Our flag is not unique enough for people to notice that we’re Australian. So by changing the flag , less confusion will occur. …show more content…
The indigenous Australians are what we called true Australians. They have a very unique and diverse culture. Their culture definitely brings us pride. But if the Australian flag is suppose to represent Australia, why are there no sign of indigenous Australians on it? Why is the Union Jack taking such a large proportion on our flag when we are not under the control of Britain? Our flag is suppose to be a symbolic representation of Australia, its suppose to display to others who we really are. And to begin with that, the indigenous Australians need to be