Poroa v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 826

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Poroa v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 826 File number: NSD 1617 of 2015

Judge: PERRY J

Date of judgment: 24 July 2017

Catchwords: MIGRATION – Where applicant's visa automatically cancelled under s501(3)(A) of the Migration Act 1953 (Cth) - application for judicial review of Minister's decision personally not to revoke cancellation decision under s501CA(4) – whether Minister required to assess likelihood of future harm under s501CA(4)(b)(i) – whether Moana v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 54 distinguishable – whether Minister's decision unreasonable by reason of failure to analyse impact of non-revocation on applicant's partner –whether breach of procedural fairness in not warning of intended departure from expectation that international human right to found a family would be taken into account – application dismissed.

Legislation: Migration Act (Cth) ss 476, 499, 501, 501CA United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Opened for signature 20 November 1989. 1577 UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 September 1990), art 3.1 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Opened for signature 16 December 1996. 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976), arts 2 and 23

Cases cited: Ayoub v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 83; (2015) 231 FCR 513 BCR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 96 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; ex parte Applicant S20/2002 [2003] HCA 30; (2003) 77 ALJR 1165 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Eden [2016] FCAFC 28; (2016) 240 FCR 158 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Rajalingam (1999) 93 FCR 220 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11; (2016) 237 FCR 1 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40; (2015) 256 CLR 3264 Moana v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 54; (2015) 230 FCR 367 Roach v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 750 Tanielu v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCA 673; (2014) 225 FCR 424 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273