Copyright of the Aboriginal flag has been transferred to the Commonwealth in a new $20 million agreement, resolving a long-running dispute about free use of the iconic Indigenous symbol.
Ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an agreement with Luritja artist and activist Harold Thomas, who designed the flag in 1971.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
