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Australia’s new $5 note to reflect First Nations connection to country instead of King Charles

www.theguardian.com Australia’s new $5 note to reflect First Nations connection to country instead of King Charles

Reserve Bank opens submissions for redesign after theme chosen from 2,100 nominated

Australia’s $5 note, which has borne the face of Queen Elizabeth II since 1992, will be redesigned to reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s connection to country and the overturning of terra nullius – a foundational moment in the fight for land rights.

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Related, but not so great that I wanted to submit it: The Betoota Advocate: King sends nice portrait to the Mint in case they change their mind about the $5 Note

No more cocksucking whale huh.
- RIP 😢🍆🐋

As long as the new design still lets you put a 78° fold in it to make it look like a whale giving a blowjob I'm all for it

Peter Dutton, describing it as “another attack on our systems, on our society and on our institutions”.
It could perfectly be VOX's Santiago Abascal talking about the king of Spain. They really come out of cookie cutters.
- I'm happy to do the opposite of anything Dutton wants to do

Can we just abolish the monarchy already.
- After watching events as they play out this year in the USA, I doubt there would be a lot of support in the electorate to remove checks on power in Australian governments.
  I personally would not want to.
  
  Our system, however flawed, is the result of a millenia of learning what works for most people.
  America's system is only a few hundred years old and has already collapsed.
  I'll stick with the Westminster system under a monarchical head of state if it means we don't slip in fascism
  
  U mean the check on power that was used by the CIA to coup us cos we wanted to investigate what the us was doing in pine gap on OUR soil?
  All I want is to abolish the governor general keep everything else exactly the same.
- Unfortunately Labor is scared of referendums now because the Voice failed.
  
  Australians rarely vote "yes" in a referendum. Our rate is 8 positive results in 45 (source).
  
  Yeah. They really didn't read the room on that, amongst other things.

Is putting the images of conquered people on the currency of the society we replaced them with really a sign of respect?
- Hey we're sorry about the referendum, here's a picture on a fiver instead.
- Yes.

Oh sick.
I hope they let the public vote on the submissions, but I doubt it.
- I dunno if I really trust the public to make good decisions anymore though.

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