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As its title suggests, this article examines the fundamental, yet by no means basic question of what is a “tax”? The article focuses on recent judgments of the High Court which have, to some extent, eroded what many commentators have regarded as the classic definition of a tax expressed by Latham CJ in Matthews v Chicory Marketing Board.
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