Aust. poll wants to retain flag
NZPA-AAP Sydney Australians want to keep their flag, according to the Returned Services League. The New South Wales R.S.L. president, Sir Colin Hines, says his organisation has conducted two polls in the last month on this issue. The latest showed two out of three Australians aged 14 years or more wanted to keep the Union Jack in the flag. In the first poll, 61 per cent of Australians wanted i'
to retain the flag; the second showed 66 per cent support for the national flag. Sir Colin said this showed that Australians regarded the present flag as a symbol of their sacrifices and achievements both past, present, and future. “Those minority groups seeking to impose a new flag on this country should take note of the will of our people,” Sir Colin said. I I
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