Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Onorato v Repatriation Commission [2011] FCA 1507 Citation: Onorato v Repatriation Commission [2011] FCA 1507
Appeal from: Onorato v Repatriation Commission [2011] AATA 535
Parties: CARMEL ONORATO v REPATRIATION COMMISSION
File number(s): NSD 1432 of 2011
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 23 December 2011
Catchwords: DEFENCE AND WAR – Veterans' entitlements – claim for pension by widow of veteran with operational service – whether death of veteran was war-caused – existence of war-caused disease – standard of proof – whether standard of "reasonable satisfaction" or "beyond reasonable doubt" applies – s 120(4) or s 120(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth)
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s 44 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) ss 6–6F, 7 8, 9, 13(1)(c), 120(1), (3) and (4), 120A(3), 196B
Cases cited: Benjamin v Repatriation Commission (2001) 70 ALD 622 Collins v Repatriation Commission (2007) 163 FCR 35 Knight v Repatriation Commission [2010] FCA 1134 McKenna v Repatriation Commission (1999) 86 FCR 144 Repatriation Commission v Budworth (2001) 116 FCR 200 Repatriation Commission v Cooke (1998) 90 FCR 307 Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 Repatriation Commission v Green [2008] FCA 1614 Roncevich v Repatriation Commission (2005) 222 CLR 115
Date of hearing: 27 October 2011
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