Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers indicated that the government would begin its push to turn Australia into a republic after the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is finalised.
Speaking on ABC’s Q and A program, Chalmers said he would prefer to see an Australian replace the late Queen Elizabeth II for the new design of the five dollar note rather than King Charles III.
“First thing that we need to do is a Voice to Parliament,” he said. “When we achieve that together, then we need to move on to a republic.
“I cannot believe that a country like us in this day and age couldn’t see itself with one of our own as a head of state. I think that’s so important.”…