Peter FitzSimons supports King Charles  bill change and calls for removal of all portraits

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Peter FitzSimons calls on Australia to make another huge change after it was announced the Royal Family will be DISAPPEARING from currency

  • Peter FitzSimons backs removing King Charles portraits
  • The call comes after changes to $5 note tradition 
  • New banknote design will not include King Charles

High-profile republican Peter FitzSimons has been quick to welcome the Reserve Bank’s decision to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of Indigenous Australians – instead of King Charles.

The new design will replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II that has long been on Australia’s currency.

The other side of the banknote will continue to feature the Australian Parliament.

Mr FitzSimons was quick to hit out at Liberal leader Peter Dutton, who called the move ‘woke nonsense.’

‘Peter Dutton says removing Charles from $5 note is “woke nonsense.” I respectfully disagree,’ Mr FitzSimons said.

‘It is a nation more confident of itself, acknowledging the absurdity of having an English “King” in the first place.’

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He also called on Australia to take the decision a step further, by removing all portraits of King Charles.

‘In what places across Australia is the official portrait of “King Charles” up, and how soon can they be taken down?,’ he said.

Peter FitzSimons supports King Charles  bill change and calls for removal of all portraits

Journalist and columnist, Peter FitzSimons (pictured), has welcomed the RBA’s decision to remove the Royal Family from bank notes

The surprise decision not to replace the late Queen with King Charles III followed a consultation with the federal government, which supported the change.

‘I think this is the right decision,’ treasurer Jim Chalmers told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday. 

The Reserve Bank board will now consult with First Australians in designing the new $5 banknote. 

The new banknote will take a number of years to be designed and printed.

The current $5 banknote will continue to be issued and will still be able to be used even after the new banknote is introduced.

The treasurer warned it will be a ‘fair while yet’ before the new notes are issued. 

 ‘There’s plenty of time to consider and consult on the design that best honours First Australians,’ Dr Chalmers said.

The updated $5 banknote will stray from tradition and omit King Charles and instead feature a new design that honours the culture and history of Indigenous Australians (pictured, current $5 note)

The updated $5 banknote will stray from tradition and omit King Charles and instead feature a new design that honours the culture and history of Indigenous Australians (pictured, current $5 note)

Following the Queen’s death in September, Fitzsimon’s wasted no time in calling for Australia to become a republic.

‘Just as King Charles III has not delayed for a moment in resuming his duties, we submit that Australia should not delay the discussion about its future under the monarchy any longer. It’s time.’

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FitzSimons said the country should no longer delay talks about moving away from the monarchy. 

‘Rule by birthright, a literally born-to-rule English sovereign, has no place in a democratic, egalitarian Australia,’ he said on Friday.

‘The notion is as foreign to Australian values as the monarchy itself. Nor should anyone be forced to pledge allegiance to a foreign king or head of state.’

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