Hill v Repatriation Commission [2004] FCA 832

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Hill v Repatriation Commission [2004] FCA 832 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Appeal from administrative authorities – Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Decision under Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) – 'incapacity for work' – 'work' – Partial or total incapacity – Whether Tribunal recognised distinction between capacity to work and routine activities – Whether any residual capacity for work was an 'odd lot' ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Appeal from administrative authorities – Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Obligation to give reasons for decision pursuant to s 43(2B) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) – Consideration of content of obligation – Whether Tribunal's reasons sufficiently expose Tribunal's process of reasoning Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 43(2B) Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) ss 37, 37AA, 120 Veterans' Entitlements (Income Support Supplement – Permanent Incapacity for Work) Determination 1999 Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Wraith (1983) 48 ALR 500 cited Asioty v Canberra Abattoir Pty Ltd (1989) 167 CLR 533 cited Australian National Railways Commission v Collector of Customs (SA) (1985) 69 ALR 367 cited Australian Postal Corporation v Lucas (1991) 33 FCR 101 cited Ball v William Hunt & Sons Ltd [1912] AC 496 cited Bavcevic v The Commonwealth (1957) 98 CLR 296 cited Cardiff Corporation v Hall [1911] 1 KB 1009 cited Collector of Customs (Tas) v Flinders Island Community Association (1985) 7 FCR 207 cited Comcare Australia v Lees (1997) 151 ALR 647 cited Commonwealth v Borg (1991) 20 AAR 299 applied Davis v Comcare Australia [2004] FCA 182 cited Dornan v Riordan (1990) 95 ALR 451 cited Fletcher v Douglas [1934] WCR 88 cited Foster v Wharncliffe Woodmore Colliery Co Pty Ltd [1922] 2 KB 701 cited Fry v Repatriation Commission (1997) 47 ALD 776 cited Hamiltons Ewell Vineyards Pty Ltd v Holmes (1985) 38 SASR 153 cited Hawkins v Comcare (2001) 115 FCR 127 cited Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 cited Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 75 ALJR 1105 cited Preston v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2004] FCA 300 cited Repatriation Commission v Hendy [2002] FCAFC 424 cited Ruiz v Canberra Rex Hotel Pty Ltd (1974) 5 ACTR 1 cited Schulz v B.H.P. Co Ltd [1934] WCR 389 cited Thompson v Armstrong & Royse Pty Ltd (1950) 81 CLR 585 cited Tok Carpentry and Partitioning Pty Ltd v Watts (1993) 113 FLR 368 cited Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council (2001) 202 CLR 439 cited Wemyss Coal Co Ltd v Walker (1929) 22 BWCC 366 cited Wicks v Union Steamship Co of New Zealand (1933) 50 CLR 328 cited Woden Valley Glass v Psaila (1993) 44 FCR 140 cited COLIN DENNIS HILL v REPATRIATION COMMISSION D 2 OF 2004 MANSFIELD J 1 JULY 2004 DARWIN