Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Simeon v Minister for Finance and Deregulation [2012] FCA 286 Citation: Simeon v Minister for Finance and Deregulation [2012] FCA 286
Parties: MICHAEL SIMEON v MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND DEREGULATION
File number: NSD 717 of 2010
Parties: JOHN HENRY GRIFFITHS v MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND DEREGULATION
File number: NSD 733 of 2010
Judge: EDMONDS J
Date of judgment: 28 March 2012
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review of Minister's decision to refuse to make "act of "grace" payments to the applicants pursuant to s 33(1) of Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cth) – whether Minister erred in failing to conclude that it was appropriate to authorise the making of payments because of special circumstances – various grounds relied on including denial of natural justice, failure to take into account relevant material, failure to attribute sufficient weight to certain matters Held: No error on the Minster's part; no ground of review made out; application dismissed.
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) s 5 Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cth) s 33
Cases cited: Croker v Minster for Finance and Deregulation [2011 ] FCA 1188 cited G & M Nicholas Pty Ltd v Minister for Finance and Deregulation (2009) 174 FCR 471 referred to Toomer v Slipper [2001] FCA 981 applied
Date of hearing: 16 November 2011
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
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