“The founders of Australia's oldest micro-nation, the Hutt River Province in Western Australia, have been ordered to pay more than A$3 million (£1.8m; $2.3m) in taxes owed.
The former self-proclaimed sovereign Prince Leonard Casley set up the independent state of Hutt River 47 years ago after a stoush with the State Government over wheat production quotas, and anointed himself sovereign.
The province near Northampton in Western Australia's Mid West, about 500 kilometres north of Perth, is not legally recognised by the Australian Government.
Prince Leonard was ordered to pay $2.7 million to the ATO, while his son Arthur was ordered to pay $242,000. They would also have to pay an undisclosed sum in interest and court costs.
The principality has long been pursued by the Australian Taxation Office. In 1977, following repeated demands for payments from the ATO, the province declared war on Australia, which it withdrew several days later.” [x][x]
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