Dunghutti Elders Council (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC v Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations [2011] FCA 370

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Dunghutti Elders Council (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC v Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations [2011] FCA 370 Citation: Dunghutti Elders Council (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC v Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations [2011] FCA 370

Parties: DUNGHUTTI ELDERS COUNCIL (ABORIGINAL CORPORATION) RNTBC v REGISTRAR OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORPORATIONS AND ANOR

File number: NSD 181 of 2011

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 14 April 2011

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – notice to show cause - non-disclosure of material – reasonableness of time to respond – the substance of concerns disclosed – allegation of bias – no evidence – discretion to refuse relief – application dismissed

Legislation: Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth) ss 487-1, 487-5, 487-10 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B(1)

Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321, referred to Australian Retailers Association v Reserve Bank of Australia [2005] FCA 1707, 148 FCR 446, considered Australian Securities Commission v Lucas (1992) 36 FCR 165, cited Balmain Association Inc v Planning Administrator for the Leichardt Council (1991) 25 NSWLR 615, considered Billabong Aboriginal Corporation v Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations [2007] FCA 1496, 100 ALD 42, considered British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd v Laurie [2011] HCA 2, 273 ALR 429, cited Busby v Chief Manager, Human Resources Department, Australian Telecommunications Commission (1988) 20 FCR 463, referred to Chevron USA Inc v Natural Resources Defense Council Inc 467 US 837 (1984), considered Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission [2000] HCA 5, 199 CLR 135, considered Craig v The State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163, considered Food and Drug Administration v Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp, 529 US 120 (2000), cited Guiseppe v Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations [2007] FCAFC 91, 160 FCR 465, cited GTE (Aust) Pty Ltd v Brown (1986) 14 FCR 309, cited Habib v Director-General of Security [2009] FCAFC 48, 175 FCR 411, cited Hendy v Repatriation Commission [2002] FCA 602, 72 ALD 112, cited Huddleston v Aboriginal Land Commissioner [2010] FCAFC 66, 184 FCR 551, cited Johnson v Johnson [2000] HCA 48, 201 CLR 488, referred to Jones v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2002] FCA 1054, 76 ALD 424, cited Jones v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2003] FCAFC 164, 131 FCR 216, cited Jones v Ekermawi [2009] NSWCA 388, cited JRL, Re; Ex parte CJL [1986] HCA 39, 161 CLR 342, cited Karina Fisheries Pty Ltd v Evans (Unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Forster J, 1 July 1988), cited Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550, considered Lee v Department of Education and Science (1967) 66 LGR 211 (UK), cited McGovern v Ku-ring-gai Council [2008] NSWCA 209, 72 NSWLR 504, cited McVeigh v Willarra Pty Ltd (1984) 6 FCR 587, cited Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Yucesan [2008] FCAFC 110, 169 FCR 202, cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu [1999] HCA 21, 197 CLR 611, cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Re; Ex parte Miah (2001) 206 CLR 57, cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng [2001] HCA 17, 205 CLR 507, considered Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30, 206 CLR 323, cited Mumbler, Re; Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations [2009] AATA 786, cited M61/2010E v The Commonwealth [2010] HCA 41, 272 ALR 14, referred to R v Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission; Ex parte Angliss Group (1969) 122 CLR 546, cited R v Deputy Industrial Injuries Commissioner; Ex parte Moore [1965] 1 QB 456, referred to R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598, considered R v Thames Magistrates Court; Ex parte Polemis [1974] 1 WLR 1371, considered Reece v Webber [2011] FCAFC 33, referred to Repatriation Commission v Hendy [2002] FCAFC 424, 76 ALD 47, cited Rogers v Law Coast Mortgages Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 181, cited Sagar v O'Sullivan [2011] FCA 182, cited Stewart v Ronalds [2009] NSWCA 277, 76 NSWLR 99, cited SZNOT v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 105, cited SZNSI v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 223, cited Twist v Randwick Municipal Council (1976) 136 CLR 106, cited VAAD v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 117, cited Whittaker v Child Support Registrar [2010] FCA 43, 264 ALR 473, cited Jellum, L. "Chevron's Demise: A Survey of Chevron from Infancy to Senescence" (2007) 59 Administrative Law Review 725