Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 1137

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 1137 Citation: Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2014] FCA 1137

Appeal from: Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2013] AATA 424

Parties: STAN KALUZA v REPATRIATION COMMISSION

File number: NSD 1414 of 2013

Judge: FOSTER J

Date of judgment: 23 October 2014

Catchwords: DEFENCE AND WAR – whether, in an appeal under s 44(1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), the two questions postulated by the applicant/veteran are questions of law – if so, whether, in considering the "raised facts" brought forward by the veteran in support of the hypotheses advanced by him for the purposes of s 120 and s 120A of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth), the Tribunal failed to apply the correct principles as explained in Kaluza v Repatriation Commission (2011) 280 ALR 621 and Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82

Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s 44(1) Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth), ss 6C, 13(1)(b), 120, 120A

Cases cited: Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2008] AATA 392 Kaluza v Repatriation Commission (2011) 280 ALR 621 Kaluza v Repatriation Commission [2013] AATA 424 Birdseye v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2003) 38 AAR 55 Constable v Repatriation Commission [2005] FCA 928 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Crown Insurance Services Ltd (2012) 207 FCR 247 Repatriation Commission v Bawden (2012) 206 FCR 296 Repatriation Commission v Constable (2006) 151 FCR 391 Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 Soames v Secretary, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs [2013] FCA 260