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Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust v Commonwealth

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27: 235:. Further, employers had to pay any shortfall in the amount that had to be spent in training and the actual amount to the government. Northern Suburbs General Cemetery Reserve Trust did not spend the minimum amount, and had to pay the difference to the government. They argued the Act was unconstitutional because it was not a valid law with respect to taxation. If the laws achieved their purpose, then no revenue would actually be collected by the Commonwealth. Further, looking at the statements of objectives of the Acts, raising revenue was not an objective. 93: 246:
The laws were made pursuant to the taxation power. Although revenue raising was not a stated objective, it intrinsically was an objective of the Acts. More importantly, if a law on its face is one with respect to taxation, the law does not cease to have that character simply because parliament seeks
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The plaintiffs argued that the money paid was not a tax but a fee for services. The court held that it was not a fee for services because the connection between the service and the fee was too remote. The court could not determine for what service the fee was paid.
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The Training Guarantee Act 1990 and the Training Guarantee (Administration) Act 1990 are valid under the taxation power
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to achieve a purpose not within Commonwealth power.
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High Court of Australia
[1993] HCA 12
CLR
Mason
CJ
Brennan
Deane
Dawson
Toohey
Gaudron
McHugh
JJ
High Court of Australia
taxation power
training their workforce
Constitutional basis of taxation in Australia
Australian constitutional law
[1993] HCA 12
CLR
High Court
Winterton, G.
Categories
High Court of Australia cases
1993 in Australian law

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