Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v VDQS [2018] FCA 574 Appeal from: VDQS and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Citizenship) [2017] AATA 1420
File number(s): NSD 1734 of 2017
Judge(s): THAWLEY J
Date of judgment: 26 April 2018
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeal from the decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – whether the Tribunal denied the Minister procedural fairness – whether the Tribunal made a legally unreasonable decision CITIZENSHIP - whether under s 16 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) the respondent was eligible to become an Australian citizen – whether a person is a parent of a child under s 16 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) – where a parent is an Australian citizen– where child born outside Australia
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s 44 Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth), ss 16, 17, 52 Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 430 Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW), s 8
Cases cited: Commissioner for Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 Ekinci v Civil Aviation Safety Authority (2014) 227 FCR 459 H v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 188 FCR 393 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Rawson Finances Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2013) 93 ATR 775 Date of hearing: 26 April 2018
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