![Just the one: Albury Council has an Australian flag in front of its headquarters but no Indigenous symbols with other poles behind used to promote messages such as Christmas bonhomie. Just the one: Albury Council has an Australian flag in front of its headquarters but no Indigenous symbols with other poles behind used to promote messages such as Christmas bonhomie.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/XJLgPnEdnKaFugZzKyL6Sw/51ca8378-1a39-490b-b558-d2c600bb1ba5_rotated_180.JPG/r0_0_3264_2448_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
TWO new poles should be erected outside Albury's municipal headquarters to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, councillors have been told.
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A draft flag protocol to be debated by council at its meeting on Monday night calls for the move in a series of recommendations.
Installing new flag poles outside the Kiewa Street building would bring Albury Council into line with Wodonga which flies the Indigenous colours outside its offices.
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Under the Commonwealth Flags Act, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designs are deemed to be official flags of Australia.
Albury Council already flies the Indigenous symbols from poles in QEII Square alongside two Australian flags and a NSW banner.
The recommendations have stopped short of pushing for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to be flown at the Albury War Memorial.
Currently the Australian and New Zealand flags are hoisted at the hilltop monument and it is recommended any changes at the site are "made in consultation with Albury City RSL sub-branch and in line with its protocols".
The sub-branch's president Graham Docksey, who is also an Albury councillor, declined to comment on the matter before Monday night's meeting.
![Part of a quartet: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags join Australian and Victorian flags on poles outside Wodonga Council's offices. Part of a quartet: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags join Australian and Victorian flags on poles outside Wodonga Council's offices.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/XJLgPnEdnKaFugZzKyL6Sw/db876b11-92fa-4c07-a749-98a98bc7703d_rotated_180.JPG/r0_305_3264_2140_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
He said he would be declaring a conflict of interest but still expected to participate in the debate.
Albury RSL members reportedly believe the ANZAC nation flags should fly alone at the memorial, given the Indigenous banners did not exist at the time of World War I.
The protocol will not cover promotional banners put up across Albury on council-controlled poles.