Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaetia te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatika i muri i te pōtitanga o Ahitereiria o te tau 1996, i te wā i whai mana ai te nekeneke o te iwi, ā, i whakapau kaha te kāwanatanga me ngā rōpū whakahē ki te whakaū i te kāwanatanga.
te kawe i te take ki te upoko hei take kaupapa here. Ko te Ture Whakatikatika Whakatikatika 1998 i taapirihia ki te waahanga 3 o te Ture Whakatikatika me te whakarite ka taea te whakakapi i te haki a-Motu o Ahitereiria i tenei wa mena ka whakaae te nuinga o nga kaitohutohu a te Kawanatanga me te Rohe ki te pooti mo te Whare Paremata. I whakatairangahia e ona kaitautoko hei "whakarite i te taumata o te tiaki mo" me "nga taahiraa tuatahi mo te paremata ki te tautuhi i te tukanga mo te huringa" o te Australian National Flag.