New Zealand’s acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country’s flag, telling its trans-Tasman neighbor to get its own design.

Fearful that the flag would be reproduced overseas Mr Thomas sought to protect his work by seeking copyright over the design, subsequently this was granted by the Federal Court of Australia in 1997.

MALCOLM Turnbull believes Australia’s national flag will never be changed. Like the date of Australia Day, the design of our flag is a constant source of debate, especially around January 26.

Few, if any, of Australia's city flags tick all of these boxes. " [But] city flags, like all flags, are a form of art and art is always subjective," Dr Jones says. The 'good'?