http://www.news.com.au/money/money-m...#ixzz27l9d3orQ

THE Reserve Bank of Australia has been working on creating new, "youthful"-looking bank notes for the past five years, it's been reported.

The project, called Next Generation Bank Note, is more than two years behind schedule and has so far cost $9.3 million, The Australian reports.

Designers have been supplied with new portraits of the notes' subjects and asked to capture Australian characteristics with "youthful" and "energetic design qualities", it says.
My tax dollars wasted on something we don't need? How childish are these new notes ... $9 mill down the drain

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