The Aboriginal flag — which has been flown on Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations — will permanently replace the New South Wales flag.
Last month, the government announced plans to spend $25 million on installing a new, third flagpole and refurbishing the existing two poles.
However, public backlash about the cost of the project has prompted NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet to reconsider and, instead, make the temporary NAIDOC flag arrangement a permanent one.
Indigenous leaders labelled the debate over the flagpole project "a joke" and said it was being used to divide people.
