so my missus is going on about some town in either victoria or south australia that is its own province.
ive tried to search for it on the googles but cant find anything.
does anyone know of such a place?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation#Australian_developments

the hutt river is the most famous one. they issue passports and what not. that's probably what she was talking about.

well
you learn something new every day

This goddamn Foxtel ad needs to be in a separate province.

Foxtel.
You're either with us
or
agunst us.

faceman you think everyone is against you.

thats because everyone is against him.

never knew there was micronations within Australia, there you go...

this is awesome, you can even have online micronations, I so want one

edit:

11 days after the proclamation of independence (at approximately 5:00am), 120 officers of the Queensland Police entered the property and forcibly evicted the Muirheads.

ah, shit :/

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Similarly, the HRP does not pay taxes

...

Empire of QGL anyone?

despite being completely landlocked, it apparently possesses a navy

it apparently possesses a navy

hopefully to correctly use the phrase "I'm on a boat" but ironically on land :)

Aren't these things normally just dudes not wanting to give the government money and not actually recognised etc?

FraktuRe - CHUB's already on it with his perm farm.

heh, learn something new every day.

yeah that's my quick impression syco
but i'd imagine the upkeep of the documentation etc (flags, coins, boundaries etc) would be more costly and time consuming than just paying whatever is due.

Aren't these things normally just dudes not wanting to give the government money and not actually recognised etc?

Yes, see the wiki article:

Micronations — sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects — are entities that resemble independent nations or states but which are unrecognized by world governments or major international organisations.<.strong>

CHUB's going "off the grid".

Yeah but I still have to pay tax and rates.

Nobody can escape the reach of Bligh, we're broke as fuck, she needs our monies.

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how can they tax your kilowatts of free sunlight, and organic vegetables? let's see them try.

EDIT: Rates on the land, although very small, it's still there.

Also income tax if you're legit... but I'm far from it :D

last edited by CHUB at 11:24:06 08/Nov/09

how can they tax your kilowatts of free sunlight, and organic vegetables? let's see them try.

Taxing plants is easy.
you just make sure all the seeds cant reproduce.
Monsanto does this to make Farmers keep paying for seed.

Terminators...
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3082

Monsanto suck.

Terrible corporation.

there was also that UK TV show about that guy that went through all the steps to setup his own country in his London apartment with him as king.. then went off to visit other small countries and have them recognise him - like small kingdoms in Europe and also The Vatican.

it was funny but i can't remember what it was called.

i heard they were going to tax you on the amount of water you can hold in your water tanks because you were using less water when you come to pay your rates.

princapality

how can they tax your kilowatts of free sunlight, and organic vegetables? let's see them try.

They tax bio diesel. If you make your own by distilling your own ethanol and mix it with used chip fat you're supposed to report it to the government and pay a tax per L.

I wouldn't do a Micronation. Every time you want to go down to the shops to buy Vegemite you'll cope import tax, have to pay a travel type tax for entering the country, assuming they let you.

It could become really, really expensive.

how can they tax your kilowatts of free sunlight, and organic vegetables? let's see them try.

They tax bio diesel. If you make your own by distilling your own ethanol and mix it with used chip fat you're supposed to report it to the government and pay a tax per L.

man that is such a crock of shit. What is the reasoning behind that?

theres that "state" or what ever you call it, around sydney harbour. something to do with not wanting canberra land locked

They tax bio diesel. If you make your own by distilling your own ethanol and mix it with used chip fat you're supposed to report it to the government and pay a tax per L.

The same reasoning behind a company paying to refine it's own oil into petrol, selling it to a consumer, and the government putting a tax on that.