In this respect, it may be that our Founding Fathers were wise to avoid detailing everything in the basic law of our nation. Countries to which we, and indeed our Founding Fathers, have compared ourselves, have avoided this route as well. By not including the minutiae of government in our Constitution, Samuel Griffith and the Founding Fathers ensured that our polity would be flexible enough to avoid the sort of constitutional crises which might jeopardize our entire system of government. The stability of our system testifies to their success. Altering the Constitution is not a measure to be taken lightly.
History is replete with stories of how unintended consequences have caused great problems later on.
An attempt to entrench the flag in the Constitution after it has stood the test of time for close to a hundred years might be portrayed by some as an act of weakness, an admission that it has lost the respect of those it was designed to represent. Entrenchment in the Constitution is also likely to polarize views on the flag and divide Australians unnecessarily. In our attempt to build consensus on this issue, we must make sure that we do not diminish the highly positive status that the flag currently enjoys amongst Australians from all walks of life. These sort of issues should be taken into account when contemplating change in the Constitution. If we look at how other countries have gone about establishing their flags we can see a number of similarities.