Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An zartar da Dokar Gyara Flags bayan zaben tarayya na Australiya na 1996, a lokacin da jam'iyyar Republican ta kasance mai tasiri, kuma duka gwamnati da jam'iyyun adawa sun himmatu wajen kawo batun ga shugaban
a matsayin batun siyasa. Dokar Kwaskwarimar Flags ta 1998 ta kara da sashi na 3 na Dokar Flags kuma ta tanadi cewa za a iya maye gurbin tutar Australiya ta yanzu ne kawai idan yawancin masu zaɓe na Jiha da Yankin da suka cancanci yin zaɓe don Majalisar Wakilai sun yarda. Magoya bayansa sun inganta shi a matsayin "tabbatar da wani nau'i na kariya ga" da kuma "matakan farko na majalisa na farko don bayyana tsarin canji na" Australian National Flag.