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Senate Orders Price and Hanson to Remove Australian Flag as Price Urges Flag‑Burning Ban

The chamber applied its no‑props rule after recent protests thrust the national flag into contentious use.

Overview

  • Acting President Slade Brockman told Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to finish her speech without the flag to avoid setting a precedent.
  • Greens senator Nick McKim raised a point of order under the standing ban on props and said he would otherwise enter wearing a Palestinian flag.
  • One Nation leader Pauline Hanson also draped herself in the flag before removing it when directed by the chair.
  • Price later called on the Albanese government to criminalise burning the Australian flag, framing it as respect for national service.
  • Price urged the prime minister to appear with a single national flag, as debate over the symbol intensified following recent rallies and flag burnings.