British Monarch to Be Removed From Australia’s $5 Note

Opposition calls decision "woke nonsense"

This photo illustration taken in Hong Kong on Feb. 2, 2023 shows the Australian $5 banknote. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

The late Queen Elizabeth II will not be featured on Australia’s five-dollar note going forward, instead, a new design that “honours the culture and history of the First Australians”—a term to refer to Aboriginal Australians—will replace the monarch.

The country’s five-dollar bill has featured the late Queen since 1992 and was due to be replaced with her son, King Charles III.