Long v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1422

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Long v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1422 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – aliens – British subject – arrived in Australia 1975 – resided continuously since 1981 - absorbed into community – no longer immigrant – criminal record – cancellation of visa – detention – whether alien – whether cancellation and detention within constitutional limits upon statutory power Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) s 5 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 189, s 198, s 501

Ex parte Walsh and Johnson; In Re Yates (1925) 37 CLR 36 cited NAAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 228 cited Re Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 cited Robtelmes v Brenan (1906) 4 CLR 395 cited Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 cited Attorney-General for the Commonwealth v Ah Sheung (1907) 4 CLR 949 cited China Ocean Shipping Co v South Australia (1979) 145 CLR 172 cited Pochi v MacPhee (1982) 151 CLR 101 cited Nolan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1988) 165 CLR 178 discussed Re Patterson; Ex parte Taylor (2001) 182 ALR 657 discussed Kenny v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 115 ALR 75 cited Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1 cited Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) 153 CLR 168 cited BRIAN LONG v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS NO W61 OF 2002 FRENCH J 19 NOVEMBER 2002 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W61 OF 2002

BETWEEN: BRIAN LONG

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: FRENCH J