STATES’ CHALLENGE
FEDERAL TAX LAWS JUDGMENT RESERVED (9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July 2. After hearing argument lasting for 5£ days, the High Court reserved judgment in a case in which Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia contested the validity of the Commonwealth uniform income tax legislation. The judges will consider their judgment during the winter law vacation, which will last for about the next fortnight. The Chief Justice, Sir John Latham, said that one of the fundamental questions was whether the Commonwealth had the right to assume all taxation for Australia and pay the States what is thought proper?
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20826, 3 July 1942, Page 5
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