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(MSN)   Reserve Bank of Australia to retire monarch from AUD notes, replace QEII with allusions to "indigenous Australian culture." Choice yet to be made between beer, waltzes or oppressing minorities   (msn.com) divider line
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178 clicks; posted to Business » on 02 Feb 2023 at 11:55 AM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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OdradekRex [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 10:43:19 AM  
I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.
 
Petit_Merdeux [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 11:14:44 AM  
It should be Bruce from the philosophy department of the university of Wallamaloo.
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 11:35:24 AM  
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Breaker Moran [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 11:39:36 AM  
A series of notes that depict the sometimes horrifying fauna of Australia would be nice:

The Taipan, for example:


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Should be easy to top this:

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Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2023-02-02 12:04:23 PM  
Just when no one uses cash anymore. Good timing, Aussies! Only kidding, everyone needs some walkabout money.
 
markie_farkie [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 12:13:36 PM  
A jar of Vegemite and some random deadly insect should be plenty good enough for a grubby tenner.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-02-02 12:20:31 PM  

OdradekRex: I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.


Fun fact: Australians are shocked and horrified to learn that Foster's is the Australian beer abroad.
 
AdmirableSnackbar [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 12:27:24 PM  

Fireproof: OdradekRex: I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.

Fun fact: Australians are shocked and horrified to learn that Foster's is the Australian beer abroad.


My first trip to Australia, a stew woke me up to ask if I wanted a beer. I drearily and eagerly replied "yes, a Foster's?" He scoffed at me and said "no, mate, we don't drink that, have a VB instead."
 
Fissile
2023-02-02 12:34:11 PM  
Somebody please shop this onto an Oz banknote.

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keldaria
2023-02-02 12:44:46 PM  
I can't wait to see the bank note that commemorates the great emu war... that they lost...
 
Hawk the Hawk
2023-02-02 12:46:16 PM  

AdmirableSnackbar: [Fark user image image 425x212]


Wise choice.  Other bankers should take note.
 
Tax Boy
2023-02-02 12:49:00 PM  
THE CHATS - SMOKO (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-02-02 12:52:00 PM  

keldaria: I can't wait to see the bank note that commemorates the great emu war... that they lost...


Oh, the emu has already asserted their dominance by putting themselves on their money, and everything else they can:

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encephlavator
2023-02-02 12:55:28 PM  
Indigenous? You mean people who walked there from Africa 50 or 60 thousand years ago? Wouldn't they technically be Africans?
 
stevesporn2000
2023-02-02 12:56:30 PM  

Fireproof: OdradekRex: I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.

Fun fact: Australians are shocked and horrified to learn that Foster's is the Australian beer abroad.


I don't know why they would be, it's not sold anywhere in Australia (there were about half a dozen bars serving it a decade ago, not anymore) so how would they know what it tastes like.
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 1:22:09 PM  

stevesporn2000: Fireproof: OdradekRex: I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.

Fun fact: Australians are shocked and horrified to learn that Foster's is the Australian beer abroad.

I don't know why they would be, it's not sold anywhere in Australia (there were about half a dozen bars serving it a decade ago, not anymore) so how would they know what it tastes like.


Also, Foster's sold in the US is generally made in Canada, eh?
 
ArkPanda [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 1:27:00 PM  
A little while ago one of the royals visited Australia, and of course there were protests. One woman was screaming about them being "colonizers".

A white woman.
 
Xai
2023-02-02 1:41:11 PM  
As someone who loves the queen on bank notes I will happily say fark the king.
 
talkertopc [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 2:02:57 PM  

Xai: As someone who loves the queen on bank notes I will happily say fark the king.


I want Canada to either keep the Queen on our money or replace her with something who's not the King.
 
no1curr [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 2:42:20 PM  
They'll probably continue to use the current monarch on one side of the coinage though, so the AUD won't be completely Charles-free
 
Boomstickz
2023-02-02 3:02:00 PM  

stevesporn2000: Fireproof: OdradekRex: I'm waiting on the $10 Banknote tribute to historic cans of Foster's Lager Beer.

Fun fact: Australians are shocked and horrified to learn that Foster's is the Australian beer abroad.

I don't know why they would be, it's not sold anywhere in Australia (there were about half a dozen bars serving it a decade ago, not anymore) so how would they know what it tastes like.


We used to be able to get it at the Grand Prix (s), that's really the only time I've ever drunk it.

Oh that and airport lounges overseas.

I did find Coopers (last big Australian owned beer maker) to be quite common in Europe (Austria wierdly)
 
Lish
2023-02-02 3:39:38 PM  

no1curr: They'll probably continue to use the current monarch on one side of the coinage though, so the AUD won't be completely Charles-free


If they have to change the dies anyway now is the time to switch to something else.

Though putting him on the dollar coin would mean you can call them "Chuck Bucks".
 
moku9
2023-02-02 3:39:45 PM  
cane toad!
 
Flowery Twats
2023-02-02 4:20:03 PM  

encephlavator: Indigenous? You mean people who walked there from Africa 50 or 60 thousand years ago? Wouldn't they technically be Africans?


...by way of India, IIRC...
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-02-02 4:29:34 PM  

Lish: no1curr: They'll probably continue to use the current monarch on one side of the coinage though, so the AUD won't be completely Charles-free

If they have to change the dies anyway now is the time to switch to something else.

Though putting him on the dollar coin would mean you can call them "Chuck Bucks".


Do they call them "bucks" in Australia?
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-02-02 4:30:19 PM  

Boomstickz: I did find Coopers (last big Australian owned beer maker) to be quite common in Europe (Austria wierdly)


It's definitely from someone confusing the two countries and nothing else.
 
Daedalus27
2023-02-02 4:38:00 PM  
You mean they aren't going to be celebrating the Alps, their dominance in winter sports, and the Habsburgs.

Maybe they could just use thejuice medias logo:

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Barbeaubot
2023-02-02 4:44:03 PM  

ArkPanda: A little while ago one of the royals visited Australia, and of course there were protests. One woman was screaming about them being "colonizers".

A white woman.


As a white American, I am opposed to colonization despite having benefitted from it due to my ancestors' choices.
 
iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 5:21:40 PM  
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Olympic Trolling Judge
2023-02-02 6:43:01 PM  
Liz was the only thing holding the Commonwealth together.  No one really wants King Charles on their money, unless you mean the basketball player.
 
no1curr [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:44:06 PM  

Fireproof: Lish: no1curr: They'll probably continue to use the current monarch on one side of the coinage though, so the AUD won't be completely Charles-free

If they have to change the dies anyway now is the time to switch to something else.

Though putting him on the dollar coin would mean you can call them "Chuck Bucks".

Do they call them "bucks" in Australia?


Yep
 
Caelistis
2023-02-02 9:40:11 PM  
They need to put the most Australian thing of all on their currency:

The fivehead.
 
El Rich-o
2023-02-03 2:45:17 AM  
If Sir Les Patterson isn't on the $50 note I will be outraged.  Outraged, I say.

Sir Les Patterson (Barry Humphries) 1982. Pt. 1.
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El Rich-o
2023-02-03 2:52:20 AM  
And to cover off all the other comments: yes we call them bucks (a 20 is a 'lobster' and a 50 is a 'pineapple'); the one and only time I ever tasted Fosters was as a child in the late 70s, I vaguely remember thinking it tasted 'purple' and metallic; Coopers is the king of Australian beers (esp the pale ale)
 
Don Gato
2023-02-03 5:01:11 AM  
They should put creatures on their money in ascending order of most poisonous venom.
 
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