<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Monarchists have called the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-five-dollar-note-australia-theme-revealed-after-decision-to-remove-portrait-of-british-monarch/1644a43b-13b2-4df4-85a3-7269fa7f04a8" rel="" target="" title="removal of King Charles' image on Australia's new $5 note"><span>removal of King Charles' image on Australia's new $5 note</span></a><span> "part of the Albanese government's plan for a republic".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Monarchist League has slammed the announcement of the new theme for the note, with the RBA Bank confirming King Charles won't feature.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The RBA said the theme of the new note is "Connection to Country".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/court-puts-a-temporary-hold-on-releasing-records-related-to-the-deaths-of-gene-hackman-and-his-wife/86371b7a-7259-49ce-af85-df26e4e20c1c" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Possibly shocking': Court twist in death of Gene Hackman and his wife</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the AML said it "firmly believes that as long as Australia is a constitutional monarchy established under the Crown, the facsimile of the monarch should appear on our paper currency as well as on our coinage".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The decision to remove the King's image from Australia's five-dollar note was a part of the Albanese government's plan for a republic thwarted only by their devastating defeat over the Voice referendum which we always knew was a precursor to a referendum on a republic," it said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The continuation of the Albanese government's republicanism by stealth is an indication that we could well face a move towards a republic if the public allows Albanese a second term, especially in partnership with the Greens."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/new-five-dollar-note-australia-monarchists/3b328755-f6a8-4289-b3d7-92b24eb10f0b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/search-for-us-student-in-dominican-republic-intensifies-with-witness-account/24304920-4390-4bc3-afcc-131d314c3e7a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Search for US student in Dominican Republic intensifies with witness account</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It said it wanted to see the Coalition voted out in the upcoming election, accusing them of being "republican cohorts."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The final design for the new note has not yet been revealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We won't be putting a portrait on the $5 note this time. We want to try something new," RBA Bank said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want to look at what's shaped us and what's helped us grow."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It said the chosen theme will "guide the creation of an artwork to celebrate and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures on the new $5 note."</span></div></div><div class="vote" data-has-voted="false" data-question-id="efd42dea-1a82-4d13-8828-d3bdef3b6fb8"><h2>Should King Charles be on Australia's new $5 note</h2><div class="vote__answer" data-id="0"><div class="vote__option" style="background-color:#008000"><input type="button" value="Yes"/></div></div><div class="vote__answer" data-id="1"><div class="vote__option" style="background-color:#008000"><input type="button" value="No"/></div></div><div class="vote__result"><div class="vote__result__text" style="color:#008000">Yes</div><div class="vote__result__bar-container"><span class="vote__result__bar" style="background-color:#008000;width:25%"></span><span class="vote__result__bar-text"></span></div><span class="vote__result__count">1</span></div><div class="vote__result"><div class="vote__result__text" style="color:#008000">No</div><div class="vote__result__bar-container"><span class="vote__result__bar" style="background-color:#008000;width:75%"></span><span class="vote__result__bar-text"></span></div><span class="vote__result__count">3</span></div><div class="vote__recaptcha" id="vote-recaptcha-efd42dea-1a82-4d13-8828-d3bdef3b6fb8"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The theme was chosen after more than 2100 submissions were made by the public.</span></div></div>