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Why is Australia 'micronation central'? And do you still have to pay tax if you secede?

  • Written by Harry Hobbs, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
Why is Australia 'micronation central'? And do you still have to pay tax if you secede?Imperial Majesty George II presents The Empire of Atlantium at Ried Flats, NSW.Rob Griffith/AAP

Would you like to buy a micronation?

The Principality of Hutt River is on the market. For 50 years, the sprawling 6,100 hectare property, more than 500 kilometers from Perth, styled itself as the “second-largest country in Australia”.

It was...

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