WADU v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1252

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WADU v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1252 MIGRATION – appeal – refusal of protection visa – Iranian of Arab ethnicity –breach of the requirements of procedural fairness not breached by failure of Tribunal to inquire concerning initial interview – no duty on Tribunal to so inquire – copying of country information from other decisions did not give rise to jurisdictional error –Tribunal did not wrongly reject letter – evidence to support findings concerning discrimination against Arabs – no failure of process of review Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 36(2), 422B, 424, 424A, 425, 474, 476(1)(a) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 27 NAAV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2002) 193 ALR 449 referred to Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 applied Sivalingam v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (unreported, Goldberg J, 5 March 1998) cited Randhawa v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs (1994) 52 FCR 437 cited Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 followed Hourn v Farm Plan Pty Limited [2003] FCA 1122 cited Gomez v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 935 considered Azzi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2002) 120 FCR 48 considered WAGJ v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 277 followed W389/01A v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 432 followed Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S20/2002 (2003) 198 ALR 59 applied WADK v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 48 followed Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v NAOS of 2002 [2003] FCAFC 142 followed Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 195 ALR 24 referred to SGFB v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 422 applied SBAJ v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 67 followed WADU v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS W340 of 2002 RD NICHOLSON J 7 NOVEMBER 2003 PERTH