Bala v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 600

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bala v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 600 Appeal from: Bala & Anor v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2018] FCCA 2579

File number: VID 1250 of 2018

Judge: ANASTASSIOU J

Date of judgment: 7 May 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION – student visa application rejected – appeal from Federal Circuit Court – allegation of consideration of irrelevant consideration – allegation of failure to consider relevant consideration – Ministerial Direction 53, relevance of – bias of Tribunal and Federal Circuit Court

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)

Cases cited: Abebe v Commonwealth (1999) 197 CLR 510 Allesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172 Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 236 FCR 593 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 AZAEY v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 238 FCR 341 Bala & Anor v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2018] FCCA 2579 He v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 255 FCR 41 Khan v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 85 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Aulakh [2018] FCAFC 91 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 357 ALR 408 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v MZYHS (2011) 119 ALD 534 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJSS (2010) 243 CLR 164 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZQHH (2012) 200 FCR 223 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT (2013) 212 FCR 99 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Jubb v Insurance Australia Ltd (2016) 76 MVR 228 Singh v Minister for Immigration [2018] FCCA 3423 SZRUI v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship [2013] FCAFC 80