Australia to 除去する 君主 from banknotes

Australia will replace Queen Elizabeth II on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture

Australia will 取って代わる Queen Elizabeth II on its $5 公式文書,認める with a design honouring Indigenous culture

Australia 発表するd Thursday it will erase the British 君主 from its banknotes, 取って代わるing the late Queen Elizabeth II's image on its $5 公式文書,認める with a design honouring Indigenous culture.

The central bank's 決定/判定勝ち(する) to leave her 後継者 Charles III off the $5 公式文書,認める means no Britain-based 君主 will remain on Australia's paper 通貨.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said it would 協議する with Indigenous people on a new design that "honours the culture and history of the First Australians".

The new banknote would take "a number of years" to be designed and printed, it said, with the 存在するing $5 公式文書,認める remaining 合法的な tender even after the new design is in people's 手渡すs.

Queen Elizabeth's death on September 8 last year was 示すd by public 嘆く/悼むing in Australia, but some Indigenous groups also 抗議するd the destructive 衝撃 of 植民地の Britain at the time, calling for the aboliti on of the 君主国.

The central bank said its 決定/判定勝ち(する) was supported by the centre-left Labor 政府 of 総理大臣 Anthony Albanese, who supports an 結局の move to an Australian 共和国.

The move was あられ/賞賛するd by the nation's 共和国の/共和党の movement, which 公式文書,認めるd that Indigenous people predated British 解決/入植地 by 65,000 years.

"Australia believes in meritocracy so the idea that someone should be on our 通貨 by birthright is irreconcilable as is the notion that they should be our 長,率いる of 明言する/公表する by birthright," said Australian 共和国 Movement 議長,司会を務める Craig Foster.

"To think that an unelected king should be on our 通貨 in place of First Nations leaders and 年上のs and 著名な Australians is no longer 正当と認められる at a time of truth telling, 仲直り and 最終的に formal, cultural and 知識人 independence."

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