Home Affairs Removes Australian and Aboriginal Flags From Staff Portraits

Published on November 5, 2024

Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster has confirmed both the Australian and Aboriginal flags were recently removed from the headshots of senior staff on the website. Foster revealed she had not discussed this decision with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, the previous minister or his staff. Liberal Senator James Paterson raised concerns with the removal of the flags during a Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs estimates committee. “Secretary, I couldn’t help but notice that there was a change recently in the photographs of senior departmental officials on the Home Affairs Website. Are you familiar with that change?” he asked. In response, Foster confirmed, “Senator, some time ago I asked my staff to redo the photographs of the senior executive without flags in the background.”...

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