Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Rana v Australian Information Commissioner [2023] FCAFC 17 Appeal from: Rana v Australian Information Commissioner [2022] FCA 817
File number: SAD 118 of 2022
Judgment of: BROMWICH, CHARLESWORTH AND ABRAHAM JJ
Date of judgment: 23 February 2023
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeal from orders by a single judge of the Court dismissing an application for judicial review of a decision by the delegate of the Australian Information Commissioner not to investigate a complaint by the appellant pursuant to s 41(1)(da) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) – where the applicant made a complaint about publication by search engines on web and blog sites of information said to be personal and sensitive – whether the primary judge erred in finding that the evidence did not establish any denial of procedural fairness or any failure to comply with procedures applicable to the exercise of the power exercised by the delegate – Held: no error on the part of the primary judge identified, appeal dismissed with costs
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) s 5 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ss 36(5), 41, 41(1)(da) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 31.01(3))
Cases cited: Rana v Australian Information Commissioner [2022] FCA 817
Division: General Division
Registry: South Australia
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 29
Date of hearing: 10 February 2023
Counsel for the Appellant: The Appellant appeared in person
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