Foxy, you have mistaken Australia's political system and "democracy". At least 70% of Australians never wanted to invade Iraq, for example. Special interests carry more weight than the opinions of citizens. So it's simplistic and crude to describe the rule of the majority in this way. What use is Democracy if we live in a prison or a police state? Hitler was elected by a majority of the German population.

If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be. - President Thomas Jefferson.

Foxy “It is a question of relevance and National
Identity - we need to look to the future, not remain
in the past.”

“Our national identity” is a result of being a collection of ex-British colonies, it is the identity which we are influenced every day by interaction with the “State” we live in.

Like Philo said “I am sure they would not want to fly another that has no history,”

Change for change sake is the favoured pursuit of the malcontent and inadequate.

It is simple to tear up the past and reinvent everything from day one.

Pol Pot founded a political tyranny on it, destroying the Cambodian heritage and no one would suggest he achieved much good at all.

But if we were to try another flag, based on ignoring and denying Australian history

We should ignore those who live here and satisfy the aspirations of those who are not even living here,

The next wave of detention refugees.

For them I would suggest a flag depicting

a dunny surrounded by razor wire

I am sure we can all find irony in that and no nasty "history" at all.

We can have a two sided flag.

Side One.

Strayan:

Mateship. Strayans are the only people who have true friends. It's uniquely Strayan! Like the special Aussie spirit that's better than any other country's..... Oi Oi Oi....... We're better at sport than you!

Side two.

Un-Australian:

Wogs.

:-)

Not sure how you'd present this accurately with symbols. Perhaps on the front a boxing kangaroo holding a can of VB with it's arm around the Bundy Bear. On the back some kind of 'We grew here you flew here' slogan.

With what bronco said, with all that colourful back grounds, you may as well change it to a rainbow and call it Greenpeace.

Leave the bloody thing alone! I you put every-one's involvement on to it, it will more resemble a pizza!

The flag is just fine the way it is, thank you foxy.

But thanks for thinking about it.

EVO

Scratch what I said above, a pizza flag it is. I could really go for that.. especially if its a Ham and Pineapple. Mmmmm.

Red represents the sacrifice to achieve our values
Blue represents the highest aspirations of a nation as the sky
White represents purity and honesty in justice for all people as white light incorporates all colours

The union jack represents the union of three crosses trom our heritage, language and culture
(Dinners ready more later)