King Charles being removed from Australia's notes

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australia-removing-british-monarch-bank-notes-rcna68750

 

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Canada dropped QEII from 4 denominations ($5, $10, $50 & $100) in the late 60's/early70's & there wasn't much of a stink about it. The fact that we kept her on the other 4 denominations ($1, $2, $20 & $1000) just proves this nation has been reluctant to remove the colonial yoke & have voluntarily chained ourselves to a whole train of traditional hogwash. I have no grudge against these elites but I can't get my head around those anglophiles obsessive appetite for the latest royal spat either.

Australia had her only on their lowest denomination & has always been much more progressive. Just look at their parliament buildings & what they did with polymer.

The fact that their new $5 will feature an indigenous design is a bold step in the right direction IMO. I'm sure Charles could care less. Kudos for the gov & RBA!

 

Oh, it's easy... Other people's royalty are funny. If it were the idijits you were paying for not so much.

 

I have read a lot of varied comments from the various forums online. Some monarchists are passionately critical of the move & I hate to admit, I understand their position (to a point). I have felt ambivalent myself. On the one hand, Charles III does seem more in tuned with each Commonwealth nation's pressing issues (reconciliation for indigenous peoples, for example). Dropping his image is a pretty huge departure from tradition. Many numismatists have used the various monarchies to organize their collections.

But on the other hand, I doubt very much it will bother him or the royal family. I'm sure he recognizes each country's need to move forward with their own independence. We have no doubt benefitted from our connection to the Commonwealth (& it would be a shame to dispense with it altogether) but each decade brings new challenges. I believe each nation needs to face these challenges with new technologies, innovations & a sense of our their unique identity. It's befitting of us to acknowledge our indigenous peoples as we've benefitted greatly from so much of their knowledge/ways as settlers. (Just as we need to settle outstanding land claims, etc). It doesn't hurt to remove old dead politicians who were offensive to this segment of the population.

Below is one of my favourite banknotes from Australia, the 1988 first polymer $10: