Antonio v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1210

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Antonio v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999]

FCA 1210 MIGRATION – appeal from decision of primary judge refusing application for review of Refugee Review Tribunal decision – whether breach of confidentiality, actual bias, failure to investigate – where applicants are citizens of the Republic of the Philippines. Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 420, 424, 440 and 476 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 as amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1967, Article 1A(2) Jia Le Geng v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 951, cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu [1999] 162 ALR 577, followed Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Singh (1997)74 FCR 533, followed Singh (Heer) v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1987) 15 FCR 4, followed Sun Zhan Qui v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 151 ALR 505 applied ANTONIO AND ANTONIO v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND JANET WOOD AND OTHERS D1 of 1999 FRENCH, TAMBERLIN AND SACKVILLE JJ DARWIN 3 SEPTEMBER 1999

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

DARWIN DISTRICT REGISTRY D1 of 1999

BETWEEN: DENRY ANTONIO

First Appellant

LETICIA ANTONIIO

Second Appellant

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION

AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

First Respondent

JANET WOOD AND OTHERS

Second Respondent

JUDGE: FRENCH, TAMBERLIN AND SACKVILLE JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 3 SEPTEMBER 1999

WHERE MADE: DARWIN

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: The appeal is dismissed with costs. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA