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ADMINISTRATIVE LAN - Appeal from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Commonwealth Government Employees Compensation - heart attack suffered in course of employment as labourer - decision that employment contributed to acceleration of underlying coronary artery disease - conflicting medical evidence - reliance
upon presumptive inference - whether error of Law
ROLE OF TRIBUNAL - consistency in decision-making - use of specialist expertise to draw inferences from evidence
Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 (Cth) - ss.20, 29
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) - s.43
Adelaide Stevedoring Co Ltd v Forst (1940) 64 CLR 538 Re Roder and Department of Veterans' Affairs (1983) 5
ALD 103 Re Dowling and Commonwealth of Australia (1979) 1 CCD Delahunty v Commonwealth (1981) 53 FLR 9
Re Drake and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No.2) (1979) 2 ALD 634
BETWEEN : *" AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Applica: AND 2 ANTONIO ZANICOTIT Respondent
No. G.41 of 1986 CORAM : Davies J 18 December 1986
Melbourne
IN THE FEDERAL .COURT OF AUSTRALIA )
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NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. G.41 of 1986
GENERAL DIVISION
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ON APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
BETWEEN : AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSTON Applicant AND : ANTONIO ZANICOTTI Respondent
JUDGE MAKING ORDER DATE _OF ORDER
WHERE MADE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT
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MINUTE OF ORDER
Davies J 18 December 1986
Melbourne
1. The appeal be dismissed with costs.
2. The decision under appeal be affirmed.
Note : Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY No. G.41 of 1986
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GENERAL DIVISION
ON APPEAL FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
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