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King Charles III may not replace Queen Elizabeth on Australia's $5 notes

Just weeks after Queen Elizabeth II's death, Australia is already hinting it might not replace her with King Charles III on its five-dollar banknotes when they're eventually reprinted

Queen Elizabeth's photo on Australia five-dollar notes.
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Queen Elizabeth II's photo on Australia five-dollar notes. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Ben Westcott | Bloomberg New Delhi
Just weeks after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, Australia is already hinting it might not replace her with King Charles III on its five-dollar banknotes when they’re eventually reprinted. 
 
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Wednesday he’d mull the best way of redesigning the widely-used currency following the Queen’s passing, using language that left the door open for someone besides her 73-year-old son to be depicted. Previous polls suggest the population is roughly split about breaking from Britain. 

“I don’t see a massive rush to change,” Chalmers said in Canberra. “But nor do I think it should be especially controversial for