Cisinski v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 507

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Cisinski v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 507 MIGRATION – detention pending deportation – delay in executing deportation order – whether continued detention authorised where no real likelihood or prospect of removal in reasonably foreseeable future – construction of s 253 Migration Act 1958 (Cth)– right to liberty – implied limitation on statutory power to detain pursuant to Constitutional separation of powers

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (63, 64 Vict Ch 12) Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23 Judiciary Act (Cth) 1903 s 39B(1A)(c) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 5, 200, 201, 206(1), (2), 253, 253(1)‑(11), 253(4)(a)(b), 254, 255(1), 256, 475A, 476, 496 Constitution ss 71, 75, 76, 77 Abebe v Commonwealth (1999) 197 CLR 510 cited Alsalih v Manager Baxter Immigration Detention Facility [2004] FCA 352 cited Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 cited Chu Kheng Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government, and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 cited Church of Scientology v Woodward (1982) 154 CLR 25 cited Cisinski v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1652 referred to Harris v Caladine (1991) 172 CLR 84 cited Huddart, Parker and Co Pty Ltd v Moorehead (1909) 8 CLR 330 cited Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 cited Koon Wing Lau v Calwell (1949) 80 CLR 533 cited Lange v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1997) 189 CLR 520 cited Luu v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2002) 127 FCR 24 referred to Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v Al Masri (2003) 126 FCR 54 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v B [2004] HCA 20 cited Park Oh Ho v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (1989) 168 CLR 637 referred to Perez v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2002) 119 FCR 454 cited Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476 cited Polyukhovich v The Commonwealth (1991) 172 CLR 501 cited R v Clift; Ex parte; P [1941] SASR 41 cited R v Governor of Durham Prison; Ex parte Hardial Singh [1984] 1 WLR 704 cited Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514 cited Ruddock v Vadarlis (2001) 110 FCR 491 cited Tan Te Lam v Superintendent of Tai A Chau Detention Centre [1997] AC 97 cited Te v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2004) 204 ALR 497 cited Trobridge v Hardy(1955) 94 CLR 147 cited Truth About Motorways Pty Ltd v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Limited (2000) 200 CLR 591 cited Union Steamship Company of Australia Proprietary Limited v King (1988) 166 CLR 1 cited Vo v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2000) 98 FCR 371 referred to Wilson v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996) 189 CLR 1 cited