Australian National Flag to fly at Half-Mast tomorrow for the death of His Holiness Pope Francis (1936 - 2025)
Monday, 21 April 2025
The Vatican has announced the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis on 21 April 2025.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Tuesday, 22 April 2025 in your locality from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available at http://www.pmc.gov.au/flag
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer
21 April 2025
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
1 National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600
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