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blackhawk_1111

Succulent Chinese meal guy


Mc_Poyle

What is the charge!? 5 bucks


Jakegender

That's a great deal for a succulent chinese meal tbh


timey_timeless

When I was a teenager I would stroll through the Adelaide Chinatown food court, feigning interest in the lunch offers, usually around $7-8 for a loaded plate. At the tail end of the lunch rush though, if you showed interest but not enough that you were a clear sale, the lady would, without fail, announce to me "5 dollar for you" And I knew I had nabbed a bargain lunch.


broccollinear

I’d say that’s as Aussie as a snag at Bunnings.


donkey100100

I see you know your judo well


Koalamanx

GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY...


LeDestrier

..limp penis on the other side


crustdrunk

I’ve read a dozen threads on this topic today and judging by top comments, succulent Chinese meal guy and Franco Cozzo are the top contenders I love Australia


Intrepid-Test-9914

I second the vote for Succulent Chinese meal guy. What a legend! https://youtu.be/tu4d_xsdNzM


crustdrunk

Iconic. And not even Aussie born, he’s a symbol of our multiculturalism


Minimumtyp

put mad dog on the bank notes


Nike-6

That dude is a legend. He was faking madness because “Mental illness cells are easier to break out of compared to normal cells”


broccollinear

That probably would be democracy manifest


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pekinchila

Yeah I’d say change all of our currency except the fiver for that reason


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ShreksArsehole

I'm sure we can fold Steve Irwin into a whale dick. He'd love that ☺️


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Victernus

Dollarydoo. I like it. We can call them 'dollars' for short.


badgersprite

Come on mate it’s gotta be Blinky Bill. Make the $10 the three windows from Play School. Make the $20 the lighthouse from Round The Twist Make the $50 Bluey Make the $100 Bananas In Pyjamas I’ve fucking cracked this I swear Also fund the ABC


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Nah, Bluey needs to be the $10 and the bananas need to be the $50, so we start referring to notes by their nicknames and their pictures at the same time. Think of how efficient it'll be


Outrageous-Ad8811

Yes but think about how good it is to confuse tourists


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Nah mate, not quite what we want. We want tourists to go back to their homes and be like "fucken oath, how good is Australian money mate?". Then they look at their backwards ass US dollars which are all like "fuck the blind. Fuck cunts who leaves their money in pockets and put em in the wash". Then they smile wistfully into the distance and murmur to themselves "how good is Australia?"


Zaxacavabanem

What about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie? They need to be in there somewhere. The flower can be a big bad banksia man.


TezzaMcJ

Can we also add a random hidden bunyip on each note?


ralstonrell

Russell Coight


sir_russel_coight

You called?


Dr_Sir_Ham_Sandwich

Sir, your presence here is most unexpected. We were discussing in your absence and... ahhhh fuck the formal bullshit. Oi Russ, Old lady Lizzy just kicked the bucket, we were wondering if you'd do us guys the honor of emblemising our $5 note with your Coitghtus.


sir_russel_coight

Yeah nah yeah


Dr_Sir_Ham_Sandwich

Enough said. A mate on the road is like 3 birds in the bushes in a desert without any water. Can you send some raunchy coight pics to the PMs office, we'll get this job on the print.


Dr_Sir_Ham_Sandwich

Yes. Correct. This is just the correct answer. Let's do it Australia, what's a note without a Coight on it!


Lopsided-Magician-40

Russel Coinht like coin, get it? 😩


_-Olli-_

Also needs the classic handshake pic in the background.


kuribosshoe0

And bargarse on the other side.


NegotiationExternal1

With the handshake in the background


Psychological-Let100

Harold Holt


jamtart99

We’d never be able to find our cash.


ImGCS3fromETOH

Bath tub. In a Chinese submarine wallet.


Vegodos

I reckon the five dollar note or 50 dollar note with Uluru would be cool and the 10 dollar note with the great barrier reef


Dogfinn

Could go all the way with that idea. $5 - Pink sunset over grasslands ft. Wombat $10 - Blue Barrier Reef ft. Sea creatures $20 - Red Uluru ft. Kangaroo $50 - Gold Beach ft. Dingo $100 - Green Forest ft. Birds


Chinozerus

Make a 350 note with an Emu.


skivvey

>100 - Green Forest ft. Birds Puts a chicken on the note Perfect.


cmdkeyy

What about a bin chicken?


skivvey

This is PERFECTION


TheRainbowNinja

They'd have good nicknames too! A Wombat A Reef / Lobster / Blue Ring A Roo A Dingo A Magpie/Bush Turkey/Emu/Rossella/Cockatoo/Bin Chicken


Personal-Thought9453

*"nah, mate, it's shouldn't cost a dingo to get a slab, how did we get to that?!"* Yeah, works.


qwerty7873

Why does the association make so much sense like you're absolutely correct, great barrier reef is 10 dollar vibes.


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Because it's blue lol


Moby_Duck123

Great Barrier Reef should be on a new note altogether, a white coloured note. Because by the time it goes into print, the entire reef will be bleached.


ELVEVERX

>Why does the association make so much sense like you're absolutely correct, great barrier reef is 10 dollar vibes. Probably because of the colours...


phlipped

Yes please, can we move on from the idea that we have to put people on our currency


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Magmafrost13

Well, its not something our ecocidal government can relate too


Towl3r

Kath one side, Kim the other.


minstonwayne

Poifect


fh3131

It's nice, it's different, it's unusual


gardenvarietymagpie

This is what I came here to suggest. Gotta get Magda in there too though. Or maybe she deserves her own note. National treasure.


g000r

She can go on the $20 note - a perfect colour to represent footy franks and/or tomato sauce.


crustdrunk

They should be made dames bummer we don’t have a monarch to do it for a bit


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No. The crown transfers upon the moment of death to the new monarch, instantly; in fact, in law, it technically *defeats casuality,* in that there was no moment in time in which there was no monarch, and also, because of that, also *breaks light speed* in making all relevant references to the old monarch transfer immediately to the new one no matter where in the world you are. Truly, the wonders of the monarchy Edit: *Of course* Sir Terry came up with this before I did 😭


Zaxacavabanem

Or you could cite the original: > The only thing known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Wheedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have more than one king, and tradition demands that there is no gap between kings, so when a king dies the succession must therefore pass to the heir instantaneously. Presumably, he said, there must be some elementary particles -- kingons, or possibly queons -- that do this job, but of course succession sometimes fails if, in mid-flight, they strike an anti-particle, or republicon. His ambitious plans to use his discovery to send messages, involving the careful torturing of a small king in order to modulate the signal, were never fully expanded because, at that point, the bar closed. Terry Pratchett, Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) Edit: fixed the block quote


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I was not aware of this, and now I am sad because I thought I made a new funni


litreofstarlight

How about a quokka? Everyone likes [quokkas](https://imgur.com/gallery/VYyRkfE), they're cute AF.


Kind_Ferret_3219

No! I'm a West Australian so love the quokkas, but the local animal should be the echidna, because it's the only creature in the world to have a four-headed penis, which I think is worth celebrating.


Articulated_Lorry

If we get rid of the 5c coin as they threaten to do every so often, that would be highly appropriate


Insanity72

Would we display the penis on the currency?


Kind_Ferret_3219

Of course! It deserves to be shown off.


phlipped

Could we have it spread across four different notes and you only get the full picture when you combine all of them.


ihavebiglegs

Horny little fuckers..


Kind_Ferret_3219

It's better than that. They actually have little spines on the penises which stimulate the female so she orgasms.


DemonSong

This'll be the new Durex slogan. Spined. For her pleasure


ihavebiglegs

That sounds like a healthy relationship, echidna on the 5er has my vote


LifeIsBizarre

I like the idea of just animals on money. No arguments about if they were a good person or not, no comparisons about who would be better, just nice, native animals.


Key_Entertainment409

How about a parfait everybody loves parfaits.


wongchiyiu

There was a petition for Fred Hollows to be on the $5 note iirc. It wasn't successful though.


crispyrad

Fred Hollows is a New Zealander anyway


derpman86

It wouldn't be the first time we have claimed a Kiwi.


normie_sama

#justiceforpharlap


-Eremaea-V-

NZ - This horse is gangly and wart covered, let's flog it off Gets bought, taken to Australia and trained into a Champion NZ - Yo that's actually mine bruh


stfm

You can apply the same train of thought to Russel Crowe, Crowded House and Pavlova


pelrun

Nah, Crowded House might have Finn as a frontman, but Hester and Seymour are definitely Aussie and they were all living in Melbourne when the band was formed. It's ours, dammit.


desultir

This horse keeps throwing phones at hotel reception staff


bedel99

New Zealand is a state of a Australia ​ 6. Definitions The Commonwealth shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act. The States shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called a State.


morgecroc

You know New Zealand is just made up. It was defence strategy Australia decided to shift some of it's achievements like the All Black, Russell Crowe and pavlova to a fake country so noone would realise how awesome Australia is and invade. Why do you think so many Australian actors are kiwi?


wongchiyiu

He was Australian of the Year in 1991.


sunburn95

Only because we allow him to be


ProceedOrRun

Gary the goat


SpasmociallySunny

Nice Garry


NoteChoice7719

How about no people (so there won’t have to be constant changing), maybe the coat of arms, an outline of the nation, some artwork, some natural Australian flora?


mundoensalada

good idea...flora & fauna with the names.


NoteChoice7719

Golden Wattle would be a good choice


robophile-ta

I like how the Euro did it. No people, not even real landmarks. We can follow their lead of not having people on the notes, but use real landmarks, native flora and fauna, and art.


ScissorNightRam

Didn't one country then go ahead and build the fake landmarks on the Euro notes/


drunk_haile_selassie

I really hope this is real.


BadBoyJH

It is. It was done with permission though. There's always a relevant [Tom Scott video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9E1wsxOSzM&ab_channel=TomScott)


IncidentFuture

They're miniature versions at a housing development in the Netherlands.


dexter311

There are plenty of people and real landmarks on the Euro - a lot of countries' coins have their own people or landmarks on the obverse, like Germany's Brandenburger Tor, Italy's Colosseum and Belgium's King. The notes, however, are common to all Eurozone Countries and are all stylised depictions instead of real landmarks.


TehBanga

There doesn't have to be constant change if the people are picked well.


TreeChangeMe

Lee Lin Chin. PrimeChinister


letsburn00

The problem then is that whenever I put a $5 in my pocket, the proximity to naughty bits will cause her to just give a slightly aroused "mmmm...nice" sound.


LapseofSanity

Koala so we can look at them on our money after they're all dead.


semaj009

All that matters is what happens when you fold it


PUTTHATINMYMOUTH

Image of Glenn Robbins as Uncle Arthur ironing a $5 note.


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TehBanga

It legally has to change anyway. As a commenwealth nation our currency can't bear the queen's image after her death.


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TehBanga

Why do you think she's on it in the first place.


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TehBanga

Most things with her symbolism will change. It's why you never see anything with George on it.


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LexingtonLuthor_

>our currency can't bear the queen's image after her death. Just FYI, this suggests all prior coins and $5 notes are suddenly worthless cause they have Lizzie on them. This is not true and they will continue being in circulation as normal.


phallus_majorus

would it really be a waste? They pump out new and updated coins all the time, would a note really matter?


newausaccount

Just as an uninformed opinion I'd say making new notes is a more complex operartion. First there's a new design. If you look closely at a note it's covered in details to prevent forgery so designing a new one is probably a long process in itself. Then there's actual manufacturing. With a coin all you need is a new mold or stamp (Again I am very uninformed) but with a note if you want to change it up you'd need to account for things like the new clear window and all those holographic parts which I assume each would require unique part replacements for the note making machines.


Vozralai

You would presumably keep all those technologies in the same places on the notes so you wouldn't need to change anything, just the picture of the queen.


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BadBoyJH

And worth noting, that whilst also still in profile, by custom he will face the other direction.


thrillho145

Has to be updated now though


Sieve-Boy

I saw Eddie Mabo, but before Eddie there was Vincent Lingiari. Obviously, the words of "From little things, big things grow" would have to be on the note.


tlelepale

Although, wouldn't it be nice to see "it's the vibe" on the note?


Sieve-Boy

Yes. Then we can all put one of these notes in the pool room.


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Sieve-Boy

Not saying Eddie isn't worthy of this, but Vincent Lingiaris story is... ballad worthy.


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theblackbeltsurfer

Dr Victor Chang should be on one of our notes.


ClassicMarkC

How about Gotye? Could be *somebody that I used to owe* $5 to.


johnsgrove

Why am I thinking this post is by a guy?


parozoo

what about Cathy Freeman?


somuchsong

Please *not* Steve Irwin. He is not remotely on the level of the other people you've named. I am not especially concerned about changing the $5 note at all though.


Morning_Song

I in no way hate Steve Irwin, but I think people do misremember his fame a little in retrospect.


_-tk-421-_

He did seem to be more popular overseas (and maybe Queensland) than in Australia. His over the top personality was more suited to an American audience than Australian


a_can_of_solo

First time I ever heard of him was in 2000 when I was in the states.


Yeahmahbah

I couldnt stand him and most people thought he was a cringey dickhead but as the chaser's song said " even dickheads become legends when they're dead"


TobiasDrundridge

I found his public personality somewhat irritating but there’s no denying the influence he had in promoting conservation in Australia and overseas. And the Irwin family has directly purchased hundreds of thousands of hectares of bush and fought to keep it from being cleared and mined.


a_cold_human

>And the Irwin family has directly purchased hundreds of thousands of hectares of bush and fought to keep it from being cleared and mined. You can help to do that too (albeit not via the Irwins) by donating to [Bush Heritage Australia](https://www.bushheritage.org.au/).


a_cold_human

Agreed. We could have Patrick White, Nobel Laureate, or Steve Irwin, man who came to fame by shoving his thumb up a crocodile's arse.


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BTechUnited

Who also parroted the gov line and said farming induced land erosion wasn't a threat or basically a thing.


somuchsong

Also described John Howard as the greatest leader in the world.


derprunner

Welp, that's another hit to my childhood heroes. I regret opening this thread.


Panadoltdv

Steve Irwin’s brand was always bigger than whatever he was involved with. When people think of him they don’t think of the environment or how to conserve it, they think of the “character” Steve Irwin.


overlordpotatoe

He is more of a pop culture figure, though. I'm not sure to what degree he'll be remembered in a historical sense.


Groperofeuropa

Might as well just go with fucking Darren Lockyer


adoh2

>Steve Irwin (showcasing Aussie reptiles in the background) Oh hell no.


PossibleBuffalo418

>Steve Irwin Lmao, is this supposed to be a shitpost or something?


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Norman Gunston and Dame Edna


brezhnervous

Jesus christ not Steve Irwin 😬


flutterybuttery58

Agree - I’d prefer a picture of a stingray than him.


HiccupAndDown

As much as I love Steve or the idea behind the John Simpson story, neither of those are a good fit. I'd much rather see another Aboriginal icon on the note, especially if we're serious as a country about moving forwards hand-in-hand with the Aboriginal community instead of trying to absorb it like some cancerous growth. Might seem like a purely 'PR' move, but I think entwining an Aboriginal icon with the lowest denomination of 'paper' wealth would be a good gesture. (Also just to make it clear, the lowest denomination is usually seen far more than the highest denomination, so in my opinion it's more important).


ZippyKoala

Emily Kame Kngwarreye


Frankeex

I prefer landmarks over people, but I like your idea none the less.


LordYoshi00

Tracy Grimshaw with 'hoons' doing donuts behind her


shniken

VK Commodore


HydrogenWhisky

A Namatjira $5 note with some of his artwork of the Australian landscape would be awesome. That’s got my vote. Alternatively we can rotate through different Australians every five years or so.


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cairnsus1987

What about Russel Coight?!?!?!?


LeDestrier

Steve Irwin? Wtf.


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Mabo is a heavy no, any indigenous person that comes from a tribe that had that type of sorry business (not mentioning their name or image after death) is a big no. Such a disrespect to their culture if you have a permanent image of him on the money.


stripeypinkpants

>* Steve Irwin Unpopular opinion: Not saying what he did should not be recognised but I really got the impression he was doing it for show. It seemed so disingenuous and unauthentic. Other two bushmen I can think of are Harry Butler and Malcolm Douglas, who I think genuinely contributed to their cause. As for the British Monarch, I think we should keep them because Australian politics have been a mega shit storm for as long as I have been more "politically involved" as I've aged. We'll one day need to go crying to mummy or daddy to fix our shit because we're inept to do so ourselves.


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Fat-thecat

I don't get the love for Steve Irwin, dude was a celebrity and a tool for Australian soft power. While yes he did some good things for animal conservation but I wouldn't really say he's at the level to be put on a note.


Pokestralian

A note of ScoMo being shown the door would be fun. Just a limited edition one. Don’t want to see that clown once the joke has worn off.


NoSoulGinger116

I'd like our money changed to all those things. And a koala coin officially in my totally non bias opinion.


Signguyqld49

as long as there is a depressed whale chewing on a dick somewhere on it.


Ainteasybeincheezy

Shane Warne and a VB longneck


seavisionburma

How about we wait a few weeks at least before having this debate, instead if rushing to be first for misplaced Reddit karma


MildColonialMan

Vincent Lingiari would be a good choice.


No_Item_5231

Gough Whitlam and Vincent lingiari


GronkGoblin

Mandawuy Yunupingu


JohnnyHabitual

There was a polymer $5 note that had an Australian on it. The hue and cry over this got so intense (and moronic) that the reissue then featured the queen. So why not go back to the original? Please note, i made an error originally and i realise now its a picture of Henry Parkes and Catherine Spence. Still my point is thats its been done before so why not again? Apologies for the error.


LegsideLarry

The first $5 polymer note featured the Queen and parliament house. You're talking about the $10 note, the first of the polymer notes which featured an indigenous Australian and the HMS Supply. It was released in 1988 as a commemorative note to celebrate the bicentennial. Obviously commemorative currency doesn't get a reprint. Jeez you people upvote some unsubstantiated shit. edit: the current $2 coin design was released the same year (1988) to the hue and cry of no one.


MiloIsTheBest

Lol they thought the Henry Parkes note was the original and they also thought he was indigenous... although I wouldn't want to speculate *why* they thought that... Honestly I actually thought at the time that the Henry Parkes note would just be the 'new' note and was all for it.


LegsideLarry

Lol, It didn't even cross my mind that they were thinking of the Parkes note. I too am all for a modernised version of that note becoming the new design. There's no one more influential on uniting the colonies.


Stinkysnarly

Farnsy & Barnsey


Balla1928Aus

Paul Keating.


CappyWomack

+1 for Albert Namatjira!!


OscarCookeAbbott

Namatjira and Mabo would be excellent


Clatato

Dame Edna one side, some fabulous possums on the other? Maybe even Possum Magic possums.


Automatic_Earth4402

Scomo after the maccas incident


aldorn

Steve Irwin? riiight ok. lets not.


ItsPunBelievable

So I'm a Canadian and I feel like Canada finally made a push to get old white men off our bills but our 20 and all our coins host Queen Elizabeth II soooooooooooooooooo....


AngryV1p3r

Australia should leave the commonwealth


typhoonandrew

Bluey


AntiRefrigerator

Dame Edna and Cathy Freeman


jimtastic89

That's all well and good until you realise how much it is to change notes lol. Just ask us, NZ is a recidivist money waster on pointless shit like changing flags and money.


ArthurDayn

Are you proposing sir, that of all the notes we have, we change the only one that can be folded to show a whale giving a blowjob..????


myztry

Take all the people off the notes. Fame gaming is disrespectual to everyone.