Olivia is an artist and has travelled to Australia for a five-month work assignment in February of 2020. Olivia is single and travels alone. In addition to her salary Olivia's employer has paid for her hotel accommodation for her stay. Olivia is based in Sydney but has made many short trips to regional NSW. Olivia's employer has asked her to stay an additional twelve months. Olivia accepts and quickly engages a realtor who finds her a house to lease for twelve months from July 2020. Olivia misses her two dachshund puppies who have been staying with Olivia's parents back in the UK. Now that Olivia has a backyard she arranges for her puppies to be sent to Australia. When her puppies arrived Oliva signed up for a local puppy play date group to meet local people who are also have an interest in dogs. During the 2020 financial year Olivia travels home twice to see her parents and siblings on both occasions leaving for a four-week period. Olivia loves being in Australia but at times she does get home sick and is looking forward to returning home one day. However, she really values her job and has accepted a new assignment which will extend her stay in Australia an additional twelve months until June 2022. 

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Discuss whether or not Olivia is a resident of Australia for tax purposes

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