Ausflag
It was formed in 1981 by Harold Scruby who has since worked to foster debate on the design of the flag.[2] Prominent Australians that have been involved in the direction of Ausflag include Nicholas Whitlam, Phillip Adams, Cathy Freeman, Malcolm Turnbull, Janet Holmes à Court and Nick Greiner.[3] The group was affiliated with NZFlag, a now defunct trust promoting a redesign of the Flag of New Zealand.Ausflag has promoted design competitions for a new flag in 1986 before the bicentenary, in 1993 after Sydney won the right to host the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in 1998, before the new millennium.[4] In January 2011, the organisation drafted a statement in support of a new flag, which has been signed by over a dozen Australian of the Year recipients, including Patrick McGorry, Ian Kiernan, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould, Ian Frazer, Gustav Nossal and Tim Flannery.