Early in September Australia commemorated two of its national symbols. September 1 was National Wattle Day, in recognition of Australia’s national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha).

Should non-citizens who burn the Australian flag be deported? Should desecrating the Australian flag be banned?

From left, the Australian flag, Aboriginal flag and Torres Strait Islander flag hang inside Sydney's Accor Stadium ahead of the first FIFA World Cup game in Australia. For the first time, Indigenous ...

That shock, of course, is part of the appeal: the act wounds precisely because the flag embodies what so many Australians hold sacred. The recent street violence against police defending a March for ...