Hanes v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [2007] FCA 751

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Hanes v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [2007] FCA 751

JUDICIAL REVIEW: Decision not to inquire into the complaint that the scheduling of substance by Commonwealth agency constituted a breach of the applicant's human rights; Whether decision of HREOC involved an error of law; Breach of Natural Justice; No Evidence; Procedural Failures. Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Commonwealth Standard) Regulations 2001 (Vic) Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic) Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Therapeutic Goods Act 1989(Cth) Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 (Cth) Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 ref to Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 cited Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280 ref to Eshetu v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 71 FCR 300 ref to Gonzales v O Centro Esprita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal 546 US 2006ref to Guo Wei Rong v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 38 ALD 38cited House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499cited Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273cited Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 cited Minogue v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1999) 84 FCR 438cited NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2005) 80 ALJR 367 cited Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 cited Waterford v Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54 cited Williams v Williams Pty Ltd [1971] 1 NSWLR 547 cited KARL RICHARD HANES v HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA VID 1342 OF 2006