Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107 File numbers: NSD 2174 of 2016 NSD 2194 of 2016

Judges: GRIFFITHS, WHITE AND BROMWICH JJ

Date of judgment: 24 July 2017

Catchwords: MIGRATION – cancellation of applicants' visas under s 501(3) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Act) – whether respondent gave proper, genuine and realistic consideration to the merits of each case in making his cancellation decision – whether respondent engaged in an active intellectual process in determining whether or not to exercise powers under s 501(3) of the Act – whether respondent fell into jurisdictional error by failing to consider whether it was in the national interest to make a decision without affording natural justice – whether respondent's satisfaction that removing the applicants was in the national interest was unreasonable in the legal sense – whether respondent erred in construing or applying the concepts of "member… of a group" and "group involved in criminal conduct" in s 501(6)(b) of the Act Held: respondent's decisions to cancel applicants' visas set aside with costs – order that applicants be released forthwith from immigration detention

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 47, 501, 501C, Subdiv AB of Div 3 of Pt 2 Migration Reform (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 3 Convention on the Rights of the Child. Opened for signature 20 November 1989. 1577 UTS 3 (entered into force 22 April 1954)

Cases cited: Al-Kateb v Goodwin [2004] HCA 37; 219 CLR 562 Anderson v Director-General of the Department of Environment & Climate Change [2008] NSWCA 337 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21; 170 CLR 1 AVU15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 608 Ayoub v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 83; 231 FCR 513 Chester v The Queen [1988] HCA 62; 165 CLR 611 Gbojueh v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 288; 202 FCR 417 Hogan v Hinch [2011] HCA 4; 243 CLR 506 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; 101 CLR 298 Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1987] FCA 713; 14 ALD 291 Lafu v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2009] FCAFC 140 Le v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 875 Leiataua v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1427; 208 FCR 448 Madafferi v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 220; 118 FCR 326 McKinnon v Secretary, Department of Treasury [2006] HCA 45; 228 CLR 423 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; 162 CLR 24 Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs v Western Australia [1996] FCA 1509; 67 FCR 40 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11; 237 FCR 1 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Khadgi [2010] FCAFC 145; 190 FCR 248 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJSS [2010] HCA 48; 243 CLR 164 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh [1995] HCA 20; 183 CLR 273 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Anthonypillai [2001] FCA 274 ; 106 FCR 426 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng [2001] HCA 17; 205 CLR 507 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Huynh [2004] FCAFC 256; 139 FCR 505 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Schwart [2003] FCAFC 229 Parramatta City Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGRA 319 Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Australian Competition Tribunal [2012] HCA 36; 246 CLR 379 Plaintiff S156/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 22; 254 CLR 28 Plaintiff S297/2013 v The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 3; 255 CLR 231 Pollentine v Bleijie [2014] HCA 30; 253 CLR 629 Re Patterson; Ex parte Taylor [2001] HCA 51; 207 CLR 391 Roach v Minister for Immigration and Boarder Protection [2016] FCA 750 Roberts v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2004] 739 Swift v SAS Trustee Corporation [2010] NSWCA 182 SZVVR v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1364 Taulahi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 177 Telstra Corporation Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2017] FCA 316 Tickner v Chapman [1995] FCA 1726; 57 FCR 451 Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission (NSW) v Browning [1947] HCA 21; 74 CLR 492 Williams v Minister for Justice and Customs [2007] FCAFC 33; 157 FCR 286