The design for the new five dollar note was released this month giving Australians a small peak at what’s to come in the next generation of the nation’s banknotes. It is fair to say the design brought on a mixture of responses from people. This could easily be seen when looking through the comment section of these news stories on social media. To suit radio journalism a vox pop asking average Australians and bank staff what they thought of the new design, whether the funding used to produce the new currency could be better spent and whether they thought anything was wrong with the old note was conducted. This allowed radio presenters to showcase the variation in responses and inform listeners on why a new design of banknotes has been put forward.

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