Change for the fiver a cautionary tale for the republic
King Charles’ head won’t appear on the new $5 note. But timid incrementalism of this kind might struggle to clinch the broader case for constitutional change.
Barely had Queen Elizabeth’s coffin been lowered into the vault at Windsor Castle than the minds of senior Australian republicans turned to the question of what to do with low-level monarchist symbols.
With the late Queen’s portrait inevitably being discarded, they demanded that King Charles III not be seen on the new fiver.
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James Curran is professor of modern history at Sydney University.
