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The Joan Seden building in Mackay flew the Australian flag at half mast and upside down on Australia Day. Simon Cowan: If you’re representing the taxpayers of Australia, then you don’t get to make political statements on their time. MORE: credlin

 

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Doing the old reversal test, so you'd still be ok flying the aboriginal flag upside down half mast? Go on, I dare them to.

SimonJCowan So is that the office building of a government organisation? Or is the office of a NFP that provides health services (which is government funded)? Unclear from the clip.

Traitors. Hang them from the post.?

Disgraceful.

Whenever these blokes bring up some supposed 'outrage' this miscreants are always representing the taxpayers. I mean seriously, is this the best they can complain about.

Freedom of speech!!!!!!!!!

BruhnRose Ping: GChristensenMP !!

Priorities? Tackling the big issues as usual

Someone must be sacked , surely it contradicts someone’s conditions of employment

what next? how about the Isis flag or USA flag. this is also under the banner of freedom of speech. there are just too many in this country who don't know what our countries flag stands for and the respect it should be show.

End this and have a referendum as part of the coming election. Everyone has to vote.

You blokes are tackling the seriously big issues! Society owes you big time. Keep fighting the brave fight!

exactly - these people are now completely out of control

Doing the old reversal test, so you'd still be ok flying the aboriginal flag upside down half mast? Go on, I dare them to.

All of the yappy men

I love this “just exercising free speech” which is absolutely true. However try exercising you free speech if the left don’t agree with it!!!

What's a Simon Cowan?

About time the union jack was on the bottom.

Battle of the angry thumbs.

Disgraceful and disrespectful - this is not making a constructive statement. People who did this need to called to account

Withdraw funding.

Disgraceful

Did anyone die?

Bloody oath, your just a constant winger.

Cut their funding. They hate Australia, they can fund their protests on their own dime. The left in the west are becoming more obnoxious every year. It's time they started paying a price for it.

Well, they were just exercising their right to free speech. IPA used to be all for that.

How disgusting.

Deary me look at those 3 heads

The unhinged preaching to the confused. What could go wrong.

Thats just fuckedup

Bent out of shape, who’s the snowflake now.

Sky News, crank media.

Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t make it wrong. That was literally the whole point of it. Just shut up and deal with it. Maybe even take a moment to reflect on why it makes you feel this way.

There are plenty of other things that are wrong and need scrutiny than whining over this. A lot of Australians don't care for the bastardised British naval blue ensign, its's not like it represents modern Australia anyway.

Isnt everyday AUSTRALIA DAY? If we're fair dinkum Otherwise change it to 1st April ... auspol ScottMorrisonMP TurnbullMalcolm NRL newscomauHQ Reuters 10NewsFirstSyd Channel7 nova969 BIAUS ausbiz abc730

Exactly. Tax payer money must only be wasted on politicians’ business class travel and other personal habits. Flying flags upside down must have cost a fortune!!! PoliticalFuckwits

It is illegal to deface our currency and so I support legislation that protects our flag inclusive of prosecution for willful defacement and or acts that bring our national flag of Australia in to disrepute.

Simon your fellow panellist from the IPA does all the time! I've never heard you bitch about that

This is disgraceful, many died for this flag, who can we contact

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