SPFH v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 97

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SPFH v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 97 File number(s): VID 273 of 2021

Judgment of: MURPHY J

Date of judgment: 16 February 2023

Catchwords: MIGRATION – application for judicial review of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to affirm a decision to not revoke the cancellation of the applicant's visa pursuant to s 501CA(4) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether the Tribunal failed to give proper consideration to the risk that the applicant faced indefinite detention if the visa cancellation decision was not revoked – whether in concluding that the applicant did not face a risk of indefinite detention the Tribunal's reasons are illogical or irrational – application allowed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 4, 189, 195A, 196, 197AC, 197AE, 197C, 198, 499, 501, 501BA, 501CA

Cases cited: AJL20 v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] FCA 1305 Ali v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 109 Ali v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 650 AQM18 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAF 27; 268 FCR 424 ASP15 v Commonwealth of Australia [2016] FCAFC 145; 248 FCR 372 AZAFQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 105; 243 FCR 451 BAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 2189; 168 ALD 276 BDQ19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1630 BFMV v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 573 BFMV v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 199 HL19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCAFC 94; 277 FCR 420 Commonwealth of Australia v AJL20 [2021] HCA 21; 273 CLR 43 DLJ18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 236 DOB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1523 DQM18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 110; 278 FCR 334 DYY18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1901 FBW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1878 FYBR v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 185; (2019) 374 ALR 601 Greene v Assistant Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 919 Hands v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 225; 267 FCR 628 Hernandez v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 415 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34; 264 CLR 123 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Le [2016] FCAFC 120; 244 FCR 56 Minister for Home Affairs v Omar [2019] FCAFC 188; 272 FCR 589, 602-604 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3; 264 CLR 421 MNLR v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 35; 283 FCR 525 NBMZ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCAFC 38; 220 FCR 1 Pattison v Australian Building and Construction Commissioner [2020] FCAFC 177; 282 FCR 580 Plaintiff M 47/2012 v Director-General of Security [2012] HCA 46; 251 CLR 1 Plaintiff M76/2013 v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship [2013] HCA 53; 251 CLR 322 Sowa v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 111 Taulahi v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 177; 246 FCR 146 Taulahi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) 246 FCR 146 Tickner v Chapman [1995] FCA 1726; 57 FCR 451 Turay v Assistant Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1487