King Charles will not feature on Australia's $5 banknote following a decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia, prompting outrage from the Opposition.

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II first appeared on the $5 polymer note in July 1992 when the Queen celebrated the 40th anniversary of her accession.

Following the Queen's death, the RBA reviewed the design and today announced via a statement that the note will change, following consultation with the federal government.

"The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians," the statement said.

"This new design will replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

"The other side of the $5 banknote will continue to feature the Australian Parliament."

However it is expected to take several years until the new note is in circulation....

GOP stupidest vote in the world

A Sydney-based bicycle recycler is collecting hundreds of abandoned share bikes from the city's streets to keep them from going into landfill.

Revolve ReCYCLING is targeting the bikes left on the street and in warehouse storage from the failed company Mobike.

Pete Shmigel from Revolve ReCYCLING said the company had picked up 150 bikes off the street so far.

"There's a lot of bikes that … are out on the streets of Sydney," Mr Shmigel told ABC Radio Sydney.

"[There are] about 250 bikes that the owner really irresponsibly just left scattered about."

Mr Shmigel said there were also about 1,600 bikes sitting in the storage facility at Riverstone that Mobike's liquidator said were valueless.

"That means that, eventually, their destiny is to go to the tip if we can't find something better to do with them," Mr Shmigel said...

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Saturday it had reopened some airspace in Montana after it was briefly closed for undisclosed Defense Department activities.

The FAA had issued a notice temporarily barring flights in an area about 50 by 50 nautical miles around Havre, Montana, near the Canadian border and classifying the area as "national defense airspace."

The FAA said just before 8:30 p.m. ET the airspace had been reopened.

The FAA declined to say whether the directive was related to another suspected balloon or object. The FAA issued similar actions in response to a suspected Chinese spy balloon that crossed the continental United States from Montana to South Carolina and was shot down earlier this month.

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Just plain outright corporate greed

A report wasn't needed to know this as it's been going on all around the world...

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Just plain outright corporate greed

No different in the USA. Corporate greed probably can be found throughout the world if you want to.

Officials in Texas and Michigan are raising concerns about the water and soil transported from the East Palestine train derailment into their jurisdictions....