Around 1985, I begged my parents to put an Australian flag on the back bumper of our car. If my kids asked me to do the same today, I would not agree.

The tray is full of plumbing supplies, a ladder, plastic pipes. There's a sticker on the back window, ''Australia. Love it or leave it'', and an Aussie flag up in the corner.

You can buy the stickers on eBay for a few dollars. "Wear some Aussie pride on your vechile! ... At the Meredith Music Festival in Victoria, someone was flying the Australian flag upside down.

People who fly Australian flags on their cars have more racist views than the rest of the population, a new study has found. Many flag flyers also support the now-defunct White Australia Policy ...