Fed: Govt, Labor , RSL slam flag burning kit

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2006
Fed: Govt, Labor , RSL slam flag burning kit

The government says making it illegal to burn the Australian flag would just turn offenders
into martyrs.

The government .. opposition and RSL today spoke as one .. slamming a plan by the socialist
youth group Resistance to sell flag burning kits to university students.

But federal Education Minister JULIE BISHOP says the government isn't about to legislate
to make flag burning an offence.

Ms BISHOP says people …