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Australia's government has the rights to the Aboriginal flag. This means anyone can now use or the flag for free. The flag was owned by its designer Harold Thomas and a clothing company. This that anyone who used the flag had to copyright permission from them. The $20-million deal to ownership of the flag's copyright means the public can it freely. Nova Peris, a former Aboriginal politician, the Free the Flag campaign. She was overjoyed that the government bought the Aboriginal flag. She said: "The flag 50,000 years of history and it's a way of ...this country." She : "It's a magical day for all Australians."

Indigenous artist Harold Thomas the flag in 1971. He wanted all of Australia's indigenous people to have their own flag. His flag was originally as a protest for indigenous rights. However, it soon widely used and became an official national flag of Australia in 1995. It now on government buildings. A government spokesperson said: "Over the last 50 years, we Harold Thomas' artwork our own. We under the Aboriginal flag, behind it, and it high as a point of pride." He added: "In reaching this agreement to solve the copyright issues, all Australians can freely and use the flag to indigenous culture."