Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Channel Seven Brisbane Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2014] FCA 668 Citation: Channel Seven Brisbane Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2014] FCA 668
Parties: CHANNEL SEVEN BRISBANE PTY LIMITED v AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
File number: NSD 1348 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 decisions 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) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, January 2010
Cases cited: Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden (1998) 43 NSWLR 158 Catch the Fires Ministries Inc v Islamic Council of Victoria Inc (2006) 15 VR 207 Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Limited v Australian Communications and Media Authority [2014] FCA 667
Dates of hearing: 27 and 28 February 2013
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 78
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr J Kirk SC with Mr S Free
Solicitor for the Applicant: Addisons
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr NJ Williams SC with Ms A Mitchelmore
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