A non-Indigenous company which holds worldwide exclusive rights to use the Aboriginal flag on clothing has issued infringement notices to the AFL and several Aboriginal companies.
WAM Clothing was granted the exclusive use of the Aboriginal flag on clothing by its designer and copyright holder, the Luritja artist Harold Thomas, in October 2018.
Sianna Catullo from the Clothing the Gap project says she can’t understand why a non-Indigenous owned business would want to license the Aboriginal flag for profit.