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Aboriginal activists burn flag
Friday, 27 January 2006
12:35:17 PM
By Roberta Mancuso and Dave Donaghy
BRISBANE, Jan 27, 2006: Angry Aboriginal activists in Brisbane yesterday burned an Australian flag to protest against celebrations marking European settlement in Australia.
Around 300 protesters staged the "Invasion Day" demonstration a short distance from where Queensland premier Peter Beattie was leading Australia Day festivities in the city's Roma Street Parklands.
Mr Beattie condemned the action.
"I don't care whether they're black or white ... I don't believe we should burn the Australian flag, particularly at this time (when) we all know we live in an unsettled world," he said.
One protester said he believed the wrong flag had been burned.
"I just felt deep down that it should have been the British flag they burnt not the Australian one," the protester told Ten News. - AAP
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