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$20m copyright buyout makes Aboriginal flag free for all

Tom McIlroy

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 was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.

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