Division
Milton Dick The House will now consider the bill in detail, in accordance with the resolution agreed to on 19 January 2026. The bill will be now taken as a whole. The question is that the bill be agreed to. Phillip Thompson I move the amendment circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 1, page 45 (after line 10), at the end of the Schedule, add: Part 8 — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag _Criminal Code Act 1995_ 66 After Subdivision B of Division 80 of the _Criminal Code_ Insert: Subdivision BA — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag 80.1AD — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag A person commits an offence if the person burns or desecrates the Australian National Flag (within the meaning of the _Flags Act 1953_). Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. The Australian national flag is far more than stitched fabric fluttering in the wind. It is woven into the very fabric of our nation. It is a living symbol of who we are, the values we hold and the price that has been paid in blood, service and sacrifice to preserve our way of life. For generations of Australians, the flag has stood as a unifying emblem, raised in moments of triumph and lowered in moments of profound national grief. It is worn with pride on the shoulders of our Australian Defence Force, and it is draped with solemn honour over the coffins of those who never came home. I have buried friends, my brothers, beneath that flag—mates who were killed in combat, who died in training or who were taken by the battles that followed them home. I have stood at gravesites where the Australian flag was the final gesture of gratitude that a nation could offer. That flag does not represent an idea alone; it represents lives given, families broken and a debt that can never be repaid. That is why the growing scenes of flag burning and flag desecration on our streets strike such a raw national nerve. Over the past year, Australians have watched protesters deliberately desecrate and torch our national flag. For th
House of Representatives, 2026-01-20. negative: ayes 45, noes 94.
Question
Milton Dick The House will now consider the bill in detail, in accordance with the resolution agreed to on 19 January 2026. The bill will be now taken as a whole. The question is that the bill be agreed to. Phillip Thompson I move the amendment circulated in my name: (1) Schedule 1, page 45 (after line 10), at the end of the Schedule, add: Part 8 — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag _Criminal Code Act 1995_ 66 After Subdivision B of Division 80 of the _Criminal Code_ Insert: Subdivision BA — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag 80.1AD — Burning or desecrating the Australian flag A person commits an offence if the person burns or desecrates the Australian National Flag (within the meaning of the _Flags Act 1953_). Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. The Australian national flag is far more than stitched fabric fluttering in the wind. It is woven into the very fabric of our nation. It is a living symbol of who we are, the values we hold and the price that has been paid in blood, service and sacrifice to preserve our way of life. For generations of Australians, the flag has stood as a unifying emblem, raised in moments of triumph and lowered in moments of profound national grief. It is worn with pride on the shoulders of our Australian Defence Force, and it is draped with solemn honour over the coffins of those who never came home. I have buried friends, my brothers, beneath that flag—mates who were killed in combat, who died in training or who were taken by the battles that followed them home. I have stood at gravesites where the Australian flag was the final gesture of gratitude that a nation could offer. That flag does not represent an idea alone; it represents lives given, families broken and a debt that can never be repaid. That is why the growing scenes of flag burning and flag desecration on our streets strike such a raw national nerve. Over the past year, Australians have watched protesters deliberately desecrate and torch our national flag. For th
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