The Tasmanian Parliament has been accused of showing a ‘lack of respect’ for Indigenous Australians after removing the Aboriginal flag and replacing it with the flag of Denmark.
The red and white flag was raised in tribute to Hobart-born Queen Mary, who was proclaimed Queen of Denmark together with King Frederick X on Sunday.
Critics of the measure were quick to point out that although the Aboriginal flag had been removed, the Australian and Tasmanian flags had continued to fly.
“Anyone willing to take a guess as to which flag was taken down for this symbolic nod to a European monarchy… was certainly neither Union Jack,” one woman wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.
‘Embarrassing choice by both the Liberal president and the Labor president.’
Tasmanian Parliament accused of ‘disrespect’ after Aboriginal flag was replaced with Danish flag (pictured)
The flag was temporarily flown in tribute to Queen Mary, born at the Princess Alexandria Hospital in Hobart, who was crowned this weekend (pictured)
Others were quick to voice their opinions on the flag debate.
‘What’s shameful about it? There are only so many flagpoles,” one person wrote.
‘Incredibly disrespectful and completely unnecessary!’ another disagreed.
A third quoted from the Australian national flag protocols.
“After the Australian national flag, the order of precedence of flags is: national flag of other countries, state and territory flags, other Australian flags prescribed by the Flags Act 1953, flags and pennants,” the person said.
‘Educate yourself.’
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mark Shelton and Legislative Council Speaker Craig Farrell confirmed that Parliament had followed protocol.
“There are three flagpoles at Parliament House, where the Australian, Tasmanian and Aboriginal flags usually fly,” they said in a joint statement.
“Today the Danish flag was raised and the order of the flags was in accordance with the flag protocols and priority order provided by the Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet.”
However, Tasmanian Aboriginal Center campaigner Nala Mansell said removing the flag showed a lack of respect for Aboriginal Australians.
“When an Aboriginal flag is flown it means the land the building sits on is Aboriginal land,” Ms Mansell said. Mercury.
“It’s a recognition of the true owners of this land.”
Ms Mansell questioned why a flag that symbolizes 60,000 years of history would be deliberately replaced with one that ‘represents a modern marriage’.
Critics were quick to point out that the Aboriginal flag had been removed, while the Australian and Tasmanian flags remained
Queen Mary was a vision in white as she waved to fans on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen with her husband King Frederick
Tasmanian Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff has written to Mr Shelton and Mr Farrell asking that the flag be flown alongside the Tasmanian flag at all times.
‘The House recognized that Lutruwita/Tasmania continues to be, and always will be, Aboriginal country… In light of this, the House expressed the intention that the Aboriginal flag would be flown over Parliament House whenever the Tasmanian state flag is flown ‘ she wrote.
‘We understand the desire to mark the proclamation of Mary Donaldson as Queen of Denmark. However, this should not take precedence over our duty to pay our continued formal respect to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their pre-existing and enduring relationship with this island.”
Queen Mary was a vision in white as she waved to fans on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen with her husband King Frederick
Mary Donaldson grew up in Taroona, a beachside suburb on the picturesque coastline south of Hobart, and is the youngest of four children born to Scottish parents.