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A special telephone Morgan Poll over two nights in late April 2010 finds:

Support for retaining the Australian Flag is strong with 69% of Australians (up 16% since February 1998) supporting the retention of the Union Jack as part of the Australian Flag. This is the highest since June 1982 (69%). Only 24% (down 17%) of Australians want the Union Jack taken out of the Australian Flag while 7% (up 1%) can’t say according to a special telephone Morgan Poll conducted in late April 2010.

When asked "Do you think Australia should have a new design for our National Flag?" respondents were keen to retain the current Australian Flag with 66% (up 22%) of Australians in support of retaining the current flag design compared to 29% (down 23%) saying they wanted a new Australian Flag and only 5% (up 1%) that couldn’t say.

Gary Morgan says:

“The latest Morgan Poll on the Australian Flag shows a clear majority of Australians (66%, up 22% since February 1998) want to retain the current Australian Flag and an even stronger majority (69%, up 16%) want to retain the Union Jack as part of the Australian Flag.

“Despite recent unwarranted calls for a new Australian Flag, the Morgan Poll shows that the clear preference of Australians is to stick with the current design that was first flown on September 3, 1901 in Melbourne over the Australian Parliament and has so well represented our nation for over 100 years since.”

This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted in late April 2010 (April 28/29, 2010) over two nights with an Australia-wide cross section of 652 Australians aged 14+.

1. Should The Union Jack Remain In the Australian Flag?

People surveyed were firstly asked: "Next about the AUSTRALIAN FLAG. Do you think the Union Jack should continue to be in our flag, or not?"

	Australians 14+
Should the Union Jack Remain in the Australian Flag?	July 1967	Oct 1972	Sep 1979	June 1982	April 1984	March 1992	June 1992	June 1996	Feb 1998	April 2010
Yes, retain the Union Jack	72	60	67	69	66	57	62	63	53	69
No, take it out	17	26	22	26	28	37	32	30	41	24
Can’t say	11	14	11	5	6	6	6	7	6	7
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

		Analysis by Sex & Age
Should the Union Jack Remain in the Australian Flag?	Total	Men	Women	14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+
Yes, retain the Union Jack	69	65	73	80	72	65	65	71
No, take it out	24	28	20	13	22	26	25	24
Can’t say	7	7	7	7	6	9	10	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

2. Should Australia Have A New Design For National Flag?

People surveyed were then asked: "Do you think Australia should have a new design for our National Flag?"

	Australians 14+
Should Australia have a	Sep 1979	June 1982	April 1984	March 1992	June 1992	June 1996	Feb 1998	April 2010
New flag design	27	32	39	42	39	36	52	29
Retain present flag design	63	63	55	52	57	56	44	66
Can’t say	10	5	6	6	4	8	4	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

		Analysis by Sex & Age
Should Australia have a	Total	Men	Women	14-17	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+
New flag design	29	33	24	23	28	32	30	27
Retain present flag design	66	63	69	74	66	63	64	67
Can’t say	5	4	7	3	6	5	6	6
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

For further information:

Gary Morgan:      Office +61 3 9224 5213   Mobile +61 411 129 094

Michele Levine: Office +61 3 9224 5215   Mobile +61 411 129 093

The Morgan Poll is conducted by the ONLY Australian and New Zealand member of the Gallup International Association.

No other public opinion poll taken in Australia has this qualification.

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