His remarks come after Peter Dutton announced his decision to only display the Australian flag during press conferences if elected. “The flag represents our nation; we should be very proud of that.

We are united as a country when we gather under one flag, which is what we should do on Australia Day ... If we don’t do that, then the lights are going out, if we don’t have base load ...

Mr Dutton said on Sky News Australia's Credlin he would not display the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flags as they are not “our national flags”. “We're asking people to identify with ...