Repatriation Commission v Brady [2007] FCA 1087

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Repatriation Commission v Brady [2007] FCA 1087

SOCIAL SECURITY – appeal from decision of Administrative Appeals Tribunal - pension entitlement of veteran – alcoholism and anxiety related diseases – whether reasonable hypothesis connecting veteran's death and service – application of principles relevant to analysis – error of law Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) ss 13, 14, 15, 120, 120A Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 cited Bull v Repatriation Commission (2001) 188 ALR 756 cited Byrnes v Repatriation Commission (1993) 177 CLR 564 cited Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 280 cited Constable v Repatriation Commission [2005] FCA 928 cited Deledio v Repatriation Commission (1997) 47 ALD 261 cited East v Repatriation Commission (1987) 16 FCR 517 cited Ergon Energy Corporation Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2006) 232 ALR 652 cited Guo Wei Rong v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 38 ALD 38 distinguished Hill v Repatriation Commission [2005] FCAFC 23 referred to Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 cited NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2005) 80 ALJR 367 cited Repatriation Commission v Bey (1997) 79 FCR 364 cited Repatriation Commission v Butcher (2007) 94 ALD 364 cited Repatriation Commission v Cornelius [2002] FCA 750 referred to Repatriation Commission v Codd [2007] FCA 877 cited Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 cited Repatriation Commission v Milenz (2006) 93 ALD 107 cited Repatriation Commission v Owens (1996) 70 ALJR 904 cited REPATRIATION COMMISSION v WILLIAM BRADY VID 320 OF 2007

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31 JULY 2007

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