NAAG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 713

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NAAG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 713

MIGRATION – protection visa – claims of jurisdictional error in the Tribunal – s 474 – approach to review – Constitutional validity of s 474. Constitution s 75(v) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36, 65, 414, 415, 474, 475, 475A and 476 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 15A Bill of Rights 1688, article 2 9 Geo IV c 83 R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox & Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 discussed and applied Craig v State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 referred to Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 180 ALR 1 referred to Boucaut Bay Co Ltd (in liq) v Commonwealth (1927) 40 CLR 98 referred to R v Connell; Ex parte The Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd (1944) 69 CLR 407 referred to Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 referred to Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 referred to Australian Heritage Commission v Mt Isa Mines (1997) 187 CLR 297 referred to Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (2000) 199 CLR 135 referred to Bull v Repatriation Commission [2001] FCA 1832 referred to Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 discussed Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Epeabaka (1999) 84 FCR 411 discussed Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 discussed Shrimpton v Commonwealth (1945) 69 CLR 613 referred to R v War Pension Entitlement Appeal Tribunal; Ex parte Bott (1933) 50 CLR 228 referred to Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 referred to R v Murray; Ex parte Proctor (1949) 77 CLR 387 discussed O'Toole v Charles David Pty Ltd (No 2) (1991)171 CLR 232 discussed Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Richard Walter Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 168 referred to R v Coldham; Ex parte Australian Workers' Union (1983) 153 CLR 415 referred to R v Metal Trades & Employers' Association; Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union (1951) 82 CLR 208 referred to Wang v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 477 disagreed with, in part NAAX v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 263 approved and followed Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 referred to Abebe v Commonwealth; Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (1999) 197 CLR 510 referred to Egan v Willis (1998) 195 CLR 424 referred to Commonwealth and Central Wool Committee v The Colonial Combing, Spinning and Weaving Co Ltd (1922) 31 CLR 421 referred to Coco v R (1994) 179 CLR 427 referred to R v Commonwealth Rent Controller; Ex parte National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd (1947) 75 CLR 361 referred to R v Central Reference Board; Ex parte Thiess (Repairs) Pty Ltd (1948) 77 CLR 123 referred to Daihatsu Australia v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 184 ALR 576 discussed and applied SBAP v Refugee Review Tribunal [2002] FCA 590 discussed and applied SAAG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 547 discussed and applied R v Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section) (1967) 118 CLR 219 discussed SBBK v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 565 discussed Turcan v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 397 discussed and applied Boakye-Danquah v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 438 not followed Walton v Ruddock [2001] FCA 1839 not followed Kwan v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 498 not followed Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers of Western Australia v Amalgamated Collieries of Western Australia Ltd (1960) 104 CLR 437 referred to Hockey v Yelland (1984) 157 CLR 124 referred to Public Service Association (SA) v Federated Clerks' Union of Australia (1991) 173 CLR 132 referred to Darling Casino Ltd v New South Wales Casino Control Authority (1997) 191 CLR 602 discussed CFMEU v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (1999) 93 FCR 317 referred to Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj [2002] HCA 11 referred to Htun v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1802 discussed W396/01 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 103 discussed Paul v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1196 discussed Rubinstein Jurisdiction and Illegality (Oxford 1965) pp 85 ff. NAAG of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & INDIGENOUS Affairs N 5 of 2002 ALLSOP J 5 JUNE 2002 SYDNEY