AAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 114

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 114 Appeal from: AAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor [2019] FCCA 2917

File number: VID 1158 of 2019

Judges: LOGAN, MARKOVIC AND ANASTASSIOU JJ

Date of judgment: 30 June 2020

Catchwords: MIGRATION – fast track review – where adverse Safe Haven Enterprise visa decision automatically referred to Immigration Assessment Authority (Authority) – whether information provided to the Authority constituted "new information" or "submissions" – whether error in respect of "exceptional circumstances" to justify considering "new information" in the terms of s 473DD(a) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act) – where an "administrative error" resulted in irrelevant material being put before the Authority by the Secretary in purported compliance with s 473CB(1)(c) of the Act – whether the "administrative error" gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias – whether the "administrative error" led to a decision by the Authority made in excess of jurisdiction – whether reasonableness required the Authority to consider exercising its power under s 473DC of the Act to get "new information" from the appellant concerning the irrelevant material

Legislation: Constitution s 75(v) Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) ss 6, 17K, 43 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5AA, 46A, Pt 7AA, 473CB, 473CC, 473DA, 473DB, 473DC, 473DD, 473DE, 473EA, 473FB, 473GA, 473GB, 473JA, 473JB, 473JE Public Service Act 1999 (Cth)

Cases cited: AAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor [2019] FCCA 2917 AQU17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 162 ALD 442 ARG15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) 250 FCR 109 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 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 CAR15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 155 Cesan v The Queen (2008) 236 CLR 358 CLV16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCATrans 266 CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2019) 94 ALJR 140 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2003) 77 ALJR 1088 Frugtniet v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2019) 93 ALJR 629 Gillies v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2006] 1 All ER 731 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123 Jebb v Repatriation Commission (1988) 80 ALR 329 Kennedy v Cahill (1995) 118 FLR 60 Marbury v Madison 5 US (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CLV16 (2018) 260 FCR 482 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 209 CLR 597 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v SGLB (2004) 78 ALJR 992 Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1968] AC 997 Plaintiff M64/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 258 CLR 173 Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 217 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Public Service Board (NSW) v Osmond (1986) 159 CLR 656 Re Easton and Repatriation Commission (1987) 6 AAR 558 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Durairajasingham (2000) 74 ALJR 405 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority (2008) 235 CLR 286 Smits v Roach (2006) 227 CLR 423 SZEEU v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2006) 150 FCR 214 Tasker v Fullwood [1978] 1 NSWLR 20 Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568