RBA unveils new $50 note design

The Reserve Bank of Australia has unveiled the new $50 note design, which has upgraded security features and is easier to use for the vision impaired.

A wad of Australian fifty dollar notes. Source: (AAP Image/Dean Lewins)

A portrait of David Unaipon, an inventor and Australia's first published Aboriginal author, on the new $50 bank note. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia

A portrait of Edith Cowan, the first female member of an Australian parliament, on the new $50 bank note. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia