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Scientology recognised as religion by High Court // The question is 'What is religion?'

Title: Scientology recognised as religion by High Court // The question is 'What is religion?'
Date: Friday, 28 October 1983
Publisher: Australian Financial Review
Author: David Solomon
Main source: suburbia.com.au

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Scientology is a religious institution and exempt from State payroll tax, the High Court ruled unanimously yesterday. It was the first time that the court came head on with the question "What is religion?". All the judges rejected the view that belief in a supreme being was essential to religion. Justices Mason and Brennan, in a joint judgment, stressed the importance of the case in determining fundamental questions of religious freedom in Australia and the extent to which an individual is ... [Read the rest at suburbia.com.au]