Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Smith v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 1043 Citation: Smith v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 1043
Appeal from: Kenneth Smith v Repatriation Commission [2012] AATA 94
Parties: KENNETH ALLAN SMITH v REPATRIATION COMMISSION
File number: VID 238 of 2012
Judge: GORDON J
Date of judgment: 19 September 2012
Catchwords: DEFENCE AND WAR – veterans – application for increase to special rate of pension – under 65 veteran – consideration of remunerative work previously undertaken – whether war-caused injuries sole cause of inability to obtain remunerative work - consideration of treatment for non-war caused injuries – where veteran genuinely seeking to obtain remunerative work – when attempts to obtain remunerative work must occur – Veterans Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth), ss 19, 24
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act 1920 (Cth) Repatriation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985 (Cth) Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) Veterans' Entitlements Bill 1985 (Cth)
Cases cited: Baljas v Repatriation Commission [2009] FCA 171 Banovich v Repatriation Commission (1986) 69 ALR 395 Blackwood Hodge (Aust) Pty Ltd v Collector of Customs (NSW) (1980) 3 ALD 30 Byrne v Repatriation Commission (2001) 33 AAR 410 Cavell v Repatriation Commission (1988) 9 AAR 534 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Swift (1989) 18 ALD 679 Flentjar v Repatriation Commission (1997) 48 ALD 1 Forbes v Repatriation Commission (2000) 101 FCR 50 Giesen v Repatriation Commission (2005) 87 ALD 347 Hall v Repatriation Commission (1994) 33 ALD 454 Hendy v Repatriation Commission (2002) 72 ALD 112 Leane v Repatriation Commission [2004] FCAFC 83 Magill v Repatriation Commission [2002] FCA 244 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Politis v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 16 ALD 707 Repatriation Commission v Butcher (2007) 94 ALD 364 Repatriation Commission v Connell (2011) 197 FCR 228 Repatriation Commission v Hendy (2002) 76 ALD 47 Repatriation Commission v Smith (1987) 15 FCR 327 Starvcevich v Repatriation Commission (1987) 18 FCR 221 Willis v Repatriation Commission (2012) 202 FCR 323
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