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CANBERRA ‘Australian currencies will no longer feature the portrait of the British monarch’, the country’s central bank has announced.
Australia was one of the British colonies. Today, even after independence, the country still gives the British monarch the status of head of state of Australia.
As part of this, the country’s central bank used to print a portrait of the British monarch on the Australian currency, the dollar.
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Finally, until the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her portrait was printed on Australia’s $5 note. After his death, preparations were underway to print a portrait of Charles III as the new king.
In this case, the Central Bank of Australia issued an announcement yesterday. In this, ‘It has been decided to print features of domestic importance on the Australian 5 dollar currency.
‘Therefore, it will no longer feature the portrait of the British monarch. This decision has been taken after consultation with the government. Opposition parties have alleged that ‘this decision is politically motivated’.
Australia’s 5 dollar currency note featured the British King’s image only. Now that too is about to be deleted. However, it seems that the portrait of the British monarch will continue to appear on the coins.
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