Aboriginal flag

2022 - 6 - 20

Post cover — Image courtesy of "National Indigenous Times"

Aboriginal flag to fly permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge by end ... (National Indigenous Times)

The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently above the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the end of the year with the NSW Government commits $25 million to installing a ...

The NSW Government will continue engagement with Indigenous stakeholders in the lead up to the development. “We are incredibly proud to be working in partnership with Aboriginal stakeholders on both symbolic and practical reconciliation.” “I’ll go to Bunnings myself and climb up there and put the poll up.” he said.

Aboriginal flag to have permanent home on Harbour Bridge (The Mandarin)

A third flagpole will be installed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to give the Aboriginal flag a permanent home.

“Installing the Aboriginal flag permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge will do just that and is a continuation of the healing process as part of the broader move towards reconciliation. A project to install a flagpole for the Aboriginal flag comes at a time when the newly elected Albanese government is emphasising the need to establish a Voice to the Parliament for First Nations communities. It involves the installation of a flagpole 20 metres high as well as the installation of a flag that is nine metres by four-and-a-half metres in size.

Perrottet to review $25m price tag to install Aboriginal flag on ... (Sky News Australia)

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has admitted he will review the costing to erect the Aboriginal flag permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge ...

“I don’t want the cost to get in the way of what is an important decision that we’ve made as a government and that is to fly the Aboriginal flag alongside the NSW flag and the Australian flag on the bridge,” he said. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Stream more local news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place.

'Small price': $25m to hang flag on bridge (NEWS.com.au)

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced the Aboriginal flag will permanently fly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The flag will fly next to the Australian flag and NSW flag on top of the bridge. “I’m even surprised it takes this long. The Aboriginal flag will permanently fly on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a move that will cost $25 million, a figure which has the NSW Premier gobsmacked.

The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently over the Harbour Bridge by ... (Time Out Sydney)

Some $25-million has been allocated in the state government's latest budget to erect a third flag pole.

It has taken years of campaigning but at long last, the Aboriginal flag will permanently fly atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the end of 2022. Last month, the NSW government also formalised the return of Me-Mel, otherwise known as Goat Island, to the traditional landowners. The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently over the Harbour Bridge by the end of the year

Dominic Perrottet doesn't know why it costs $25m to install ... (SBS)

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced a 2022-23 budget commitment to have an Aboriginal flag fly permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The first briefs said it would take two years to do," Mr Perrottet said. Some $28 million has also been committed to the state's farm forestry industry, with funds going to the support and education of farmers following the introduction of a new code of practice this year. The NSW government also committed $56.4 million to the creation of a four-day walking track at the Dorrigo Escarpment through the Gondwana Rainforests on the NSW mid-north coast. Meanwhile, the state government has also committed $37.9 million to improve before and after school care services and $206 million towards a sustainable farming program. The Aboriginal flag will have a permanent spot, with the NSW government committing $25 million to install a third flagpole by the end of the year. "Installing the Aboriginal flag permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge will do just that and is a continuation of the healing process as part of the broader move towards reconciliation."