{"id":19659,"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/coles-flies-back-to-front-flag-to-celebrate-australia-day\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:00:00","slug":"coles-flies-back-to-front-flag-to-celebrate-australia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/coles-flies-back-to-front-flag-to-celebrate-australia-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Coles flies back-to-front flag to celebrate Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In an attempted patriotic display ahead of Australia Day, a Coles supermarket in Brisbane has hung Australian flags in its store with the southern cross printed back-to-front.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coles_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Coles supermarket in Brisbane where incorrect Australian flags were flown | Image | Facebook<\/h6>\n<p>The Toowong supermarket has since taken down and replaced the incorrect flags, but not before puzzled customers noticed the gaffe and posted photos online.<\/p>\n<p>A user named Tomas posted a photo on the Coles Facebook page on Friday night, along with the caption: \u201cThe stars are the wrong way around ya dingus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoops! Thanks for bringing this to our attention,\u201d Coles replied.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussie-flag.jpg\" width=\"790\" height=\"443\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>National Flag Association president Allan Pidgeon told the Brisbane Times he suspected the flags were made overseas.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s great that Coles is showing pride in Australia but I encourage them to make every effort to replace the ones that aren&#8217;t accurate,\u201d Mr Pidgeon said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a national symbol that must be respectfully treated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket blunder comes only days after <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/woolworths-recalls-australia-day-hats-after-giant-blunder\"><strong>Woolworths was forced to recall its range of Australia Day hats<\/strong><\/a>, which were printed with Tasmania missing from a map of the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/new-sa-employment-minister-is-hopeless-says-steven-marshall\">STEVEN MARSHALL LINES UP WEATHERILL MINISTER \u2013 AND HE DIDN\u2019T MISS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/crows-live-up-to-training-reputation-for-new-recruit\">ADELAIDE CROWS LIVE UP TO THEIR REPUTATION, SAYS NEW RECRUIT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an attempted patriotic display ahead of Australia Day, a Coles supermarket in Brisbane has hung Australian flags in its store with the southern cross printed back-to-front. 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