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infoman Thu 02-Feb-23 05:06:47

the new five dollar plastic Australian note will not feature King Charles the third on the note.

notnecessarilywiser Thu 02-Feb-23 05:46:24

Interesting! Who will take his place?

AussieGran59 Thu 02-Feb-23 08:05:14

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nanna8 Thu 02-Feb-23 08:25:04

Politically correct no doubt. I reckon Fred Hollows would be good.

Spice101 Thu 02-Feb-23 08:41:47

The King will be on all of the coins.

Ailidh Thu 02-Feb-23 08:44:14

Great idea. Very positive to see First Nation's representation.

Yammy Thu 02-Feb-23 09:51:44

It reports in the Times this morning that this is leading towards Australia becoming a republic.
Who can blame them and great that the First Nations people and their art is appearing on their banknotes.
We were buying wine at the weekend and I noticed that some wineries are starting to put photos of people who were deported to Australia on their labels.

Spice101 Thu 02-Feb-23 09:58:29

That has been happening for many years Yammy

It will not be the first time there has been Images of first nations art or people on bank notes.

Callistemon21 Thu 02-Feb-23 10:29:05

Fair enough.
Surely it was only the $5 note which still had the Head of State on it?

The Head of State has to remain on the coinage, however.

Callistemon21 Thu 02-Feb-23 10:30:38

We were buying wine at the weekend and I noticed that some wineries are starting to put photos of people who were deported to Australia on their labels

That's a particular brand and we've been buying it for ages.
There's a different person and their story on different varieties.