Minister for Home Affairs v Ogawa [2019] FCAFC 98

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Minister for Home Affairs v Ogawa [2019] FCAFC 98 Appeal from: Ogawa v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 62

File numbers: QUD 116 of 2018

Judges: COLLIER, REEVES, DAVIES, RANGIAH AND STEWARD JJ

Date of judgment: 19 June 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION – cancellation of visa on character grounds under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – procedural fairness – obligation to have regard to information provided to Minister – obligation to apply active intellectual process to information – where no express reference to information in Minister's reasons – whether Minister overlooked information – whether risk to the Australian community is a mandatory relevant consideration – whether error was material – whether unreasonable for the Minister to refuse to defer decision pending petition for pardon – appeal dismissed

Legislation: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) ss 474.15 and 474.17 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 47, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 64, 69, 424, 476A, 501, 501CA and 501G Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) s 672A

Cases cited: A v Pelekanakis (1999) 91 FCR 70 Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 236 FCR 593 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2016) 259 CLR 662 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 252 FCR 352 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union v Abigroup Contractors [2013] FCAFC 148 He v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 255 FCR 41 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 359 ALR 1; [2018] HCA 34 Le v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 237 FCR 156 Minister for Home Affairs v Buadromo (2018) 362 ALR 48; [2018] FCAFC 151 Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Maioha [2018] FCAFC 216 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Sabharwal [2018] FCAFC 160 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA (2019) 363 ALR 599; [2019] HCA 3 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSRS [2014] FCAFC 16 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 357 ALR 408; [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZKTI (2009) 238 CLR 489 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZQOY (2012) 206 FCR 25 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Guo (1997) 191 CLR 559 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Huynh (2004) 139 FCR 505 Moana v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 230 FCR 367 NAJT v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2005) 147 FCR 51 Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 353 ALR 600; [2018] HCA 16 Plaintiff S157/2002 v The Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476 SAAP v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2005) 228 CLR 294 Semunigus v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 96 FCR 533 Semunigus v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 422 Singh v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2001) 109 FCR 152 Tickner v Chapman (1995) 57 FCR 451 Win v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2001) 105 FCR 212