Australian Flag Persuasive Speech

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The dignity of any nation rests upon the elements that it possesses, this speech entails one of those essential elements, the right to change the flag of Australia.

In the 21st century, from a narrow scope, organizations and from a broader scope, countries have accepted globalisation and have understood the significance of keeping aside any cultural differences by collaborating together. A flag is a nation’s pride and it represents the nation in any circumstance. However, it is also a responsibility of a flag to represent all the people of the nation. The current Australian flag does not fulfil this responsibility in the sense that it does not represent the aboriginal groups of Australia. Australia has been taking several steps to improvise …show more content…

They were not fighting for the flag but fighting for what is represented through the flat, the nation in broad. Changing the flag does not imply that services will be diminished of the defence forces. The forces of Canada were main components in 1944 D-Day landings and the current flag of Canada today, is used for representing their collaboration, not the red ensign of Canada that was used during the second-world-war. The country did not experience any disrespect accusation when changes were being made. According to Australian Flag Society minister, Nigel Morris, the flag holds historical significance as it has become the flag that Australia has grown with and the flag represents several achievements that Australia has gained in international settings. However, the present flag is not the only national symbol in the nation. Since Federation was established, for most of the time, this flag flew alongside the union Jack of Britain that undertook national flag precedence between 1924 and 1954. Until the end of the 1920s, the flag of the federation remained more famous that the flag of Australia for people and even in some official situations. An example can be quoted here to support this claim. The federation flag was