I too want our Australian Flag to stay the way it is, our flag says it all, where we came from & where we are.

People like Martin border on treason from my point of view, this flag probably helped Martin make his millions of dollars, we didn't hear him complain when he was interviewing the royals over the years (laughing all the way to the bank) or the wars that our soldiers were fighting in under our flag. What makes me upset about these people that come out of the woodwork is that if you took away their big mouths they would be a big fat none talent. SO WHY WOULD WE LISTEN TO THEM?

Well said Blacksmith. It looks like the hasbin is looking for some stardom, given that he hasn't hosted the Midday Show for such a long time and his only time on the idiot box these days seems to be at election time when he is the chairman of the Great Debates.

I also believe that Mr Martin and his ilk fail to come up with their own alternative flag design because they don't want to be subject to public ridicule if the people decide that the design is a piece of crap.

One thing that I cannot seem to forget is the serious lack of quality amongst the designs put on public display before the 1999 republic referendum. I think this great country of ours is all the better because of the flag we have and not the mish-mash of kangaroos, sunsets over Ayers Rock and all the other gimmicky and childish circles and squiggles.

It's not our flag or our system of government that needs changing - just the government itself, which is made up of a Chinese-speaking dud of a Prime Minister who spends more time on the shithouse in his Boeing 737 than he does on the floor of Parliament and his ministry of left-leaning galahs who have taken the nation's $23bn savings account and blown it in a matter of 18 months in order so their true believers read: lazy, unproductive lower classes; are able to prop up their drug habits, not to mention the opening of the floodgates, allowing people smugglers to prosper yet again.

Every time the Liberals and Nationals fix up this country Labor always manage to get back into office, even if only for one or two terms and stuff it all up again. Tony Abbott declared he'll fight hard against any attempt by Labor to re-ignite the republic debate with another referendum and I am one of many who will also fight against the republican cause.

In advance of Labor's hidden agenda I am going to ramp up the campaign against republicanism in all its forms and where-ever it can be found. iServ will become a champion for the anti-republican cause at any and all costs.

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Regards, Lord Watchdog.

News just in, Ray Martin will be inducted into the Order of Australia today in the Australia Day Honours ceremony and will thus be entitled to the sub-nominals, AM.

Accepting this high award will show Mr Martin's hypocrisy and is no different to republicans accepting knighthoods - people such as former Chief Justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason.

I don't know how people like this can sleep at night.

Here's something else to think about. Whilst Labor is running around recruiting silent knights for their republican cause and preparing to spend about $100m on another referendum we hear that the Department of Defence's fleet of submarines is all but non-existant. News.com.au reports that only one of Australia's six killer subs is ready for war. Read more here. Under the previous Liberal Government all six were ready for war, despite having to be extensively modified because the previous Labour Government didn't oversea the design stages correctly.

Ray Martin should read this before uttering another word about the dumping of the Australian Flag.

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Regards, Lord Watchdog.

After all the years of republicans whinging and moaning about what an old bag Princess Camilla is they are forgetting one thing. Camilla will never be the monarch. That jobs falls to the Prince of Wales and Camilla will simply take the role of King's Consort.

While I am against a change to a republic I despise the idea of changing the flag even more. It's a joke that people like Ray Martin vent their spleens like this on Australia's birthday. Just totally inappropriate.

QUOTE: There is no need to change the Australian Flag.
There is no need to change the Coat of Arms.
There is no need to become a republic.