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The Reserve Bank is responsible for all aspects of the production and issuance of Australian banknotes. It works to ensure that the public has confidence in their banknotes as a means of payment and a secure store of wealth. Australia's banknotes are printed on a polymer (plastic) material and incorporate a range of security features that are easy for the public to recognise but difficult to copy.

New $5 Banknote Features

The new $5 banknote is now in circulation. It has a range of new security features. Find out more

Latest News

• 16 March 2017

  Bulletin article - Recent Trends in Banknote Counterfeiting

• 17 February 2017

  Next Generation of Banknotes: $10 Design Reveal

• 15 December 2016

  Bulletin article – The Future of Cash

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• 6 December 2016

  New $5 banknote named Regional Banknote of the Year

• 13 October 2016

  RBA Annual Report 2016 - Banknotes

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