Thursday 1 September 2022 05:01 AM Anthony Albanese's jobs summit hangs Aboriginal flag upside-down trends now
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Anthony Albanese's jobs summit has committed an embarrassing faux pas by hanging the Aboriginal flag upside down.
The flag was displayed alongside the Australian and Torres Strait Islander flags at the meeting on Thursday at the meeting of government and business leaders.
Despite being in the background as the prime minister addressed the summit, the issue was not rectified and continued to hang wrongly for hours.
The black half of the flag, which represents the Aboriginal people, is supposed to be at the top when it is flown but instead the red half was at the top.
Anthony Albanese's jobs summit has committed an embarrassing faux pas by hanging the Aboriginal flag upside down
Prominent Aboriginal leaders were shocked the summit's organisers could commit such a basic error, and that none of the high-powered attendees appeared to notice.
Senator Jacinta Price said it was ironic that the government went out of
