[naturalman1975]

Our flag bears the stars that shine at night
In our southern sky so blue
And there's a little old flag in the corner
That is part of our heritage too

It's the English, the Scots, and the Irish
Who were sent to the end of the earth
The rogues and the schemers. The doers and dreamers
Who gave modern Australia birth

And you who are shouting to change it
You don't seem to understand
It's the flag of our laws and our language
Not just the flag of some far away land

Though there's plenty who'll tell if you ask them
How when Europe was plunged into night
How that little old flag in the corner
Was a symbol of freedom and light

It doesn't mean we owe an allegiance
To some forgotten imperial dream
We've got the stars to show where we are going
And the old flag to show where we've been

It's only a old piece of bunting
It's only an old coloured rag
But there thousands who've fought for its honour
And who fell in defence of that flag

[Doogle]

guess Red dye is hard to come by.....since China is putting a wedge between the US and Australia.

[Little Ray]

Geez, that green and gold monstrosity is ugly.

[Oratam]

I never knew Australia was a former British colony . . . in Africa.

[jtal]

“ausflag” - sounds like it’s straight out of the newspeak dictionary.

[DManA]

The Canucks are having a minor flag kerfuffle too. A botanist claims the Maple Leaf is from a non-native invasive variety of maple.

[Oztrich Boy]

Bloody foreigners!

Fun fact: Google: Harold Scruby.

The #3 hit is the wikipedia page for: wanker.

[Gay State Conservative]

Not that my opinion means anything but I’m not at all impressed with that new flag.I think that the official national flag is pretty cool and,I’m sure,has great historical (and sentimental) significance to Aussies...just as our flag does to us.