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Is the Commonwealth of Australia a corporation?

This video addresses claims on social media that the Commonwealth of Australia has become a for-profit corporation that is owned and registered in the United States of America. First, it explains the notion of legal personality - the capacity to enter into legal relations, such as contracts and to sue or be sued in the courts. It discusses how legal personality is held not only be human beings, but by corporations and polities. It explains that the Commonwealth Constitution attributes legal personality to 'the Commonwealth' and that the High Court has interpreted this as meaning the polity of the Commonwealth of Australia, rather than just the Executive Government. Next, it addresses the claims about the Commonwealth of Australia being registered in the United States. It identifies the source of this confusion - being documents registered with the SEC in the United States, and shows that the Commonwealth of Australia was registered as a 'foreign government', not a corporation. Finally, it addresses the confusion about ABNs (Australian Business Numbers) and explains that they were established to account for the charging and receipt of GST (the goods and services tax) and do not mean that the person or body that has an ABN is a corporation.