Early in September Australia commemorated two of its national symbols. September 1 was National Wattle Day, in recognition of Australia’s national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha).

Should non-citizens who burn the Australian flag be deported? Should desecrating the Australian flag be banned?

That the burning or defacement of the national flag provokes such visceral shock says much about its enduring power as a ...

It means the red, yellow and black flag that has long been a symbol of Aboriginal Australia, as Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt put it, "now belongs to everyone, and no-one can take it away" ...