A Sydney local council led by former Coalition minister Philip Ruddock has lost a multimillion-dollar challenge to the goods and services tax in the High Court.
Hornsby Shire Council claimed the GST it had paid since it was first introduced by the Howard government in 2000 – when Mr Ruddock was in cabinet – should be refunded because the tax did not apply to local councils.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
