Call To Criminalise Burning The Australian Flag

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We were talking about flags earlier and the fact that
there's been a call for people who desecrate or burn
flags to face criminal punishment. Philip Thompson is a member
and former a Member of Parliament and he is a
former serving soldier.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Like many Australians, we've seen the Australian flag burned to
protests and I want to preface this by saying it's
not about the protests. I don't actually care about the
reasoning behind whatever they're protesting. It's about the action of
burning the Australian flag. I've said underneath it. Our Astralian
Defense Force members wear the flag on their shoulder, mats

(00:40):
of mine who have been killed in battle have the
Australian flag draped over their coffin. And I think that
it is about time that it become a criminal offense
to burn this flag. And I'll move this motion in
Parliament and I'm hoping for the support of the government
in making it all offense.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
And that's MP Philip Thompson behind the push to parce
laws making it illegal to desecrate and burn the Australian flag.
What do your thought, it's eight double two three double
o double oh Jeff You has some thoughts on the matter.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Good morning, Hello Graham. I was in the Australian Army.
I joined when I was a young fellow with the
intent that, you know, if our country ever went to war,
that I would be the first to step up and
defend it. Right, So anyone who wants to burn our
flag is a director directly offending to me because this

(01:31):
is Australia. And my grandfather also serves in the war,
so you know, we're stepping on a very gray area
here and this matter of this Australia March, I think
it's a grassroots movement where people have been witnessing foreigners

(01:51):
flying their flags in Australia on occasions like they did
on the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and then they pretend to
be Australian. So I can see a lot of frustration
out there for a lot of people about this, and

(02:12):
I think that I'll be attending this march. Whoever's organizing,
I don't care. I feel like it's time that Australians
stand up and say it's enough of this high immigration
because it is a problem. Right. My children are in
their twenties, they can't afford a house well, whether immigration
is the cause of it, we don't know, but a

(02:34):
significant factor because you can't just bring in people from
other countries and then expect them to compete with Australians
for housing. This is just unacceptable. And the reason they
give us is we need to boost our GDP. Well
no we don't. We need to have our Australian children

(02:55):
moving into homes and having families and they shouldn't has
to go into debt levels. That's totally unsustainable. They say,
they bring these economists on and say it's all about
we need to boost up GDP, we need to boost spending,
but we don't. The government is only doing this at
the behest of the multinationals. And it's pretty clear who's

(03:17):
running the show. Like we can't even tax our own
natural resources like other countries can tax theirs. Why aren't
our politicians working for us in a way that can
enrich the people instead of enriching others who are multinationals
and stealing our wealth. Why can't we have that grain?

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Jeff, I can't add anything to what you've said. Thank
you very much for your comment today. So would you
take part in the March for Australia campaign? Depending on
who organized it. Would that make a difference? Would you
march for the causes to reduce immigration, reduce the cost
of living and look after Australia and Australians first, Let's
know what you think.