Australian and Victorian flags

The question put

That this house: (1) notes that: (a) the Australian national flag and the Victorian state flag are enduring symbols of the nation, representing Australian and Victorian history, values and unity; (b) the deliberate desecration of the Australian and Victorian flags are not harmless acts of protest but a threatening act of aggression, a symbolic call to violence against Australia, its institutions and its people; (c) 77 per cent of Australians polled by the Institute of Public Affairs believe that burning the Australian national flag should be against the law; (d) 63 per cent of Australians polled … believe that those who burn the Australian … flag should face jail time; (e) 71 per cent of Australians polled … believe that non-citizens who burn the Australian national flag should be deported; and (2) calls on the Allan Labor government to enact legislation to criminalise the desecration of the Australian national and Victorian … flags.