Linda Burney demands government sort out Aboriginal flag 'secret agreement'

Labor MP says she is disturbed at reports that people have been stopped from using the emblem or hit with bills of more than $2,000

Labor's Linda Burney is demanding the federal government take steps to sort out what she has described as a "secret agreement" that controls the use of the Aboriginal flag in public, because it is now unclear whether her own tattoo of the flag is a breach of copyright.

"This situation is untenable," Burney said. "It's unthinkable that the use of the Aboriginal flag is now governed by a secret agreement at the discretion of a for-profit company.