Buultjens, Susan Juliana & Ors v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1997] FCA 451

CATCHWORDS

IMMIGRATION - application for review of decision of Refugee Review Tribunal not to grant protection visa - whether applicant a refugee - whether Tribunal failed to engage in real speculation about the applicant's claim - s 420(b) of Migration Act 1958 - whether Tribunal failed to act according to the "substantial justice" of case - whether that is properly a ground of review under the Migration Act 1958. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Judicial review - correct approach of Court to findings of fact by original decision‑maker. Migration Act 1958: s 36(2), s 40, s 415, s 420, s 420(1), s 420(2)(b), s 425, s 475, s 476(1)(a), s 476(1)(d), s 476(2)(a), s 476(3)(c) Pt 8 Migration Reform Act 1992: s 39 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977: s 5(2) Migration Regulations (1994): Pt II, Sch 2, cl 866.211 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status (1979) published by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 Harjit Singh Randhawa v The Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1994) 124 ALR 265 Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1987) 14 ALD 291 Hindi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1988) 20 FCR 1 Zakinov v Gibson (unreported, North J, 26 July 1996) Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 ALR 472 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531

Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Guo Wei Rong v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1996) 65 FCR 151 Nguyen Do Vinh v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (6 May 1997, Goldberg J, unreported) SUSAN JULIANA BUULTJENS & ORS v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS No VG 119 of 1996 GOLDBERG J MELBOURNE 6 MAY 1997