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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Upholding Australian Values (Protecting Our
Flags) Bill 2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purpose 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Definitions 2
4 Offence to dishonour certain Australian flags 2
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Endnotes 4
1 General information 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Council by Daniel Young
Upholding Australian Values
(Protecting Our Flags) Bill 2015
A Bill for an Act to provide for the upholding of Australian values by
protecting certain Australian flags and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the
upholding of Australian values by creating an
offence protecting certain Australian flags.
5 2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Definitions
In this Act--
Australian Aboriginal Flag means the flag
appointed by the Governor-General as the
5 Australian Aboriginal Flag and published in
the Government Gazette of the
Commonwealth of Australia on 14 July
1995;
Australian National Flag has the same meaning
10 as in the Flags Act 1953 of the
Commonwealth;
Australian Red Ensign has the same meaning as
in the Flags Act 1953 of the Commonwealth;
dishonour includes burn, damage, deface or
15 desecrate;
Victorian Flag means the flag consisting of the
Blue Ensign, having in the centre of the fly
5 white stars representing the constellation
of the Southern Cross, surmounted by
20 Saint Edward's Crown.
4 Offence to dishonour certain Australian flags
(1) A person aged 18 years or more must not
intentionally or recklessly dishonour the
Australian Aboriginal Flag, the Australian
25 National Flag, the Australian Red Ensign or the
Victorian Flag.
Penalty: 40 penalty units or imprisonment for
2 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to--
30 (a) a flag damaged through wear and tear; or
(b) the disposal of a flag in a dignified manner;
or
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(c) the use of a flag for the purposes of
discussing a new flag design.
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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