Company that owns rights to Aboriginal flag in the spotlight at Senate inquiry

WAM Clothing will speak publicly for the first time after being granted exclusive rights by designer Harold Thomas in 2018

WAM Clothing, the non-Indigenous company at the centre of the dispute over rights to license the Aboriginal flag for commercial gain, will appear before a Senate committee on Monday as it looks into the deal and explores options to free the flag" design for community use.

WAM Clothing was granted the exclusive use of the Aboriginal flag on clothing, physical and digital media by its designer and copyright holder, the Luritja artist Harold Thomas, in November 2018.