Tanioria v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 965

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tanioria v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 965 Citation: Tanioria v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 965

Parties: AMINIO ATANINANO TANIORIA v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION

File number: NSD 1332 of 2014

Judge: NICHOLAS J

Date of judgment: 1 September 2015

Catchwords: MIGRATION – cancellation of visa by Minister on character grounds pursuant to s 501(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether applicant denied procedural fairness – whether Minister failed to take into account relevant considerations – application dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 4(1), 499, 501 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) cl 866.266

Cases cited: Hala v Minister for Justice (2015) 145 ALD 552 Le v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 875 Le v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 51; (2005) 215 ALR 521 M238 of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 260 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Huynh (2004) 139 FCR 505 Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 Moana v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 54 Plaintiff S297/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 316 ALR 161 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Hieu Trung Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 Tanielu v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2014) 225 FCR 424