Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2014] FCA 667 Citation: Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2014] FCA 667
Parties: CHANNEL SEVEN ADELAIDE PTY LIMITED v AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
File number: NSD 1347 of 2012
Judge: FOSTER J
Date of judgment: 24 June 2014
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – whether the holder of a commercial television broadcasting licence under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) has made out grounds for judicial review of a decision of the Australian Communications and Media Authority in relation to a complaint made about a segment of one of its current affairs programs
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth), s 5(1) Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth), ss 5, 42, 43, 123, 124, 125, 128, 148, 149, 170, 178, 179 and 180 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, January 2010, cll 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.19.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.7, 4.3.11, 4.4 and 4.5
Cases cited: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1947] EWCA Civ 1; [1948] 1 KB 223 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS (2010) 240 CLR 611
Dates of hearing: 27 and 28 February 2013
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 79
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr J Kirk SC with Mr S Free
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