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Lurita artist paid $13.75m for copyright of design while two non-Indigenous companies received $6.3m

‘Freeing’ of flag design does not extend to actual flags, according to manufacturers Carroll & Richardson Flagworld

The Aboriginal flag may now be freely used after the Federal Government acquired the copyright for $20.05m. Luritja artist and activist Harold Thomas...

Campaigners say it is a relief that private companies are now ‘out of the picture’ but want to know how future custodianship will operate

The instantly recognisable Aboriginal flag has been part of Australian culture for 50 years, but it took delicate negotiations to bring it into public hands.

The instantly recognisable Aboriginal flag has been part of Australian culture for 50 years, but it took delicate negotiations to bring it into public hands.

The instantly recognisable Aboriginal flag has been part of Australian culture for 50 years, but it took delicate negotiations to bring it into public hands.

WAM Clothing is part-owned by Ben Wooster, whose previous company, Birubi Art, was fined a record $2.3m by the federal court after finding it had breached consumer law by selling fake Aboriginal art. The minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, has long said his agency is in “quiet discussions” with parties involved, including Thomas, about ways to resolve the issue but has said it is “extremely complicated”. These “negotiations” have been under way for more than two years. �...