Lodhi v Attorney-General (Cth) [2020] FCA 1383

Federal Court of Australia

Lodhi v Attorney-General (Cth) [2020] FCA 1383 File number: NSD 551 of 2020

Judgment of: BROMWICH J

Date of judgment: 28 September 2020

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application for judicial review of parole decision – terrorism offence – where the making of a parole order was statutorily prohibited unless Attorney-General satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist to justify the order pursuant to s 19ALB of Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) – where extrinsic legislative material of no assistance in determining judicial review application – where Court cannot conduct merits review – whether Attorney-General's decision affected by Wednesbury unreasonableness or legal unreasonableness – whether Attorney-General failed to give adequate reasons – held: decision within range of permissible conclusions – decision not unreasonable only because different conclusions could have been reached – reasons adequate for jurisdictional task – application dismissed

Legislation: Criminal Code (Cth) s 101.5, s 101.6 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 15AA, s 19AKA, s 19AL(1), s 19AL(2), s 19ALA(1), s 19ALA(1)(h), s 19ALB(1), s 19ALB(2)(a), s 19AP(4) Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Act 2019 (Cth) Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 25D Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 430(1), s 476(1) Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) s 5(1)(b)

Cases cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (NT) [2009] HCA 41; 239 CLR 27 Associate Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1947] EWCA Civ 1; [1948] 1 KB 223 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Baker v The Queen [2004] HCA 45; 223 CLR 513 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107; 252 FCR 352 Hammoud v DPP (Cth) [2006] VSC 516 Hasim v Attorney-General (Cth) [2013] FCA 1433; 218 FCR 25 Hatcher v Cohn [2004] FCA 1548; 139 FCR 425 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kruger v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1 Lopez-Avila v K & S Freighters Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 962; 68 AAR 86 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11; 237 FCR 1 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration v Eden [2016] FCAFC 28; 240 FCR 158 Public Service Board v Osmond (1986) 159 CLR 656 R v JS [2007] NSWCCA 272; 230 FLR 276 R v Kelly (Edward) [2000] QB 198 at 208 R v NK [2016] NSWSC 498 R v Naizmand [2016] NSWSC 836 Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514 Roncevich v Repatriation Commission [2005] HCA 40; 222 CLR 115 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] HCA 23; 241 CLR 252 Toms v Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 35; 229 FCR 537