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Dickenson's Arcade Pty Ltd v Tasmania

[1974] HCA 9; (1974) 130 CLR 177
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year1974
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A tax on the consumption of goods (as distinct from a tax on production, manufacture, sale or distribution) is not a duty of excise within s 90 of the Constitution.

Area of Law

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