2 February 2023 at 02:40 Australia drops King Charles from banknotes Australia’s central bank says it will remove the British monarch from its banknotes. Until now, the late Queen Elizabeth has graced the five-dollar bill in Australia, since the country has the British monarch as its head of state. She will not be replaced by her successor King Charles. Instead of the monarch, the five-dollar bill will have a motif that honors the culture and history of indigenous people. The central bank and the government have agreed that none of the country’s new dollar notes will feature a British monarch as a motif. The left-wing government wants Australia to eventually become a republic. The country held a referendum on this in 1999, when the Republican side lost by a narrow margin.
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