Proud to Serve Under the Flag: MPs Float Motion to Criminalise Burning National Flag

Two Queensland politcians are pushing for the descecration of the Australian flag to become a criminal offence.

MP Colin Boyce. Courtesy of Colin Boyce

Queensland’s Member for Flynn, Colin Boyce, has given a speech in federal parliament in support of a motion to make the burning of the Australian flag a crime.

Boyce spoke in federal parliament where he condemned instances of protesters burning the Australian flag at rallies across Australia.