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 Yanner v Eaton [1999] HCA 53; (1999) 201 CLR 351, 365–366 [17] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Kirby, and Hayne JJ describing the word "property"). This explains why a chose in action, such as a debt, is not a "good". A chose in action is a right against a person. It is not a right in relation to a thing. The notion of rights to the various "things" in the inclusive definition complements the definition of "supply" in s 2(1) of the Australian Consumer Law. That section incorporates the concept of legal rights in relation to things by providing that when "supply" is used as a verb a "supply of goods" includes "supply (including re-supply) by way of sale, exchange, lease, hire or hire purchase".

129 Services is also defined in the same section in an inclusive way as follows:

130 The definition of "services" begins with a very broad inclusive definition as "any rights, benefits, privileges or facilities that are, or are to be, provided, granted or conferred in trade or commerce". That definition, if read literally with the definition of "goods" would create an odd situation in which the supply of some thing (say, a car) by way of sale would involve a supply of goods but the provision of the rights to the car would be a service. That oddity is avoided by the exclusionary words at the conclusion of the definition of service: a service "does not include rights or benefits being the supply of goods". Nevertheless, it is possible