CAQ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 203

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

CAQ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 203 Appeal from: CAQ17 & Ors v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2019] FCCA 1807

File number: VID 792 of 2019

Judges: MORTIMER, DERRINGTON AND STEWARD JJ

Date of judgment: 25 November 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from decision of Federal Circuit Court dismissing application for judicial review of decision of Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA) – where IAA affirmed decision of delegate of the first respondent not to grant appellants protection visas – whether second appellant's personal claim raised before IAA was "new information" for purposes of s 473DD of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether IAA adopted unduly narrow approach to meaning of "exceptional circumstances" in s 473DD – whether Authority must consider criteria in subss (b)(i) or (ii) of s 473DD in reaching satisfaction in relation to "exceptional circumstances" in subs (a) – appeal dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 473DC, 473DD, Pt 7AA

Cases cited: AQU17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 162 ALD 442 Avon Downs Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1949) 78 CLR 353 BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2019) 93 ALJR 1091 BVZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 254 FCR 221 CMY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1333 DNA17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 146 EHF17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1681 FBR18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCA 1620 Foster v Minister for Customs and Justice (2000) 200 CLR 442 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CLV16 [2018] FCAFC 80; 260 FCR 482 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3; 163 ALD 38 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 61 Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 16; 264 CLR 217 Plaintiff M64/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 258 CLR 173 R v Connell; Ex parte The Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd (1944) 69 CLR 407 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 77 ALJR 1165 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Applicants S134/2002 (2003) 211 CLR 411 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252