Brownlie v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

• Jurisdiction: Australia Federal only
• Judgment Date: 10 May 2023
• Neutral Citation: [2023] FCA 436
• Date: 10 May 2023
• Court: Federal Court

Federal Court of Australia

Brownlie v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 436

Review of:	Brownlie and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Migration) [2021] AATA 1485
File number:	WAD 151 of 2021
Judgment of:	FEUTRILL J
Date of judgment:	10 May 2023
Catchwords:	MIGRATION – application for judicial review of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal – where Tribunal affirmed delegate’s decision not to revoke the mandatory cancellation of the applicant’s visa under s 501CA(4) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether Tribunal failed to have regard to a mandatory relevant consideration of a Ministerial direction – whether Tribunal considered the representations and evidence – whether unarticulated representations emerged clearly from the material before the Tribunal – application allowed
Legislation:	Constitution ss 75(v), 77(i) Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) ss 2A, 24Z, 25, 33(1), 33(1)(c), 34J, 35, 39(1), 40, 40A, 43, 43(1), 43(2), 43(2B), 43C Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 13, 14, 15, 189, 198, 409(2), 4.30, 474, 476A, 476A(1)(b), 499, 499(2A), 496, 500, 500(1)(ba), 500(6C), 500(6F), 500(6F)(c), 500(6G)-500(6L), 501, 501CA, 501(3A), 501(5), 501(6)(a), 501(7)(c), 501CA(3), 501CA(4), 501G Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 2.52
Cases cited:	Appellant V324 of 2004 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 259 Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184; (2003) 236 FCR 593 AXT19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 32 Ayoub v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 83; (2015) 231 FCR 513 AYY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 89; (2018) 261 FCR 503 Benjamin v Repatriation Commission [2001] FCA 1879; (2001) 70 ALD 622 BIL17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 6; (2019) 268 FCR 114 BNB17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] FCA 304 BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 34; (2019) 268 CLR 29 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107; (2017) 252 FCR 352 Craig v The State of South Australia [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163 DFW18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 599; (2019) 165 ALD 259 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 46 FLR 409 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] HCA 26; (2003) 77 ALJR 1088 DWN027 v Republic of Nauru [2018] HCA 20; (2018) 92 ALJR 548 FHHM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 19 Grant v Repatriation Commission [1999] FCA 1629; (1999) 57 ALD 1 Hands v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 225; (2018) 267 FCR 628 Hong v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 55; (2019) 269 FCR 47 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34; (2018) 264 CLR 123 Htun v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1802; (2001) 233 FCR 136 KXXH v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 111; (2022) 292 FCR 15 Kirk v Industrial Court (NSW) [2010] HCA 1; (2010) 239 CLR 531 Laing O’Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v Samsung C&T Corporation [2016] WASCA 130; (2016) 50 WAR 399 McHugh v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2020] FCA 843; (2020) 170 ALD 538 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Home Affairs v Omar [2019] FCAFC 188; (2019) 272 FCR 589 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Maioha [2018] FCAFC 216; (2018) 267 FCR 643 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZIAI [2009] HCA 39; (2009) 259 ALR 429 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSRS [2014] FCAFC 16; (2014) 309 ALR 67 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZNPG [2010] FCAFC 51; (2010) 115 ALD 303 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZRKT [2013] FCA 317; (2013) 212 FCR 99 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Montgomery v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1423 NABE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (No 2) [2004] FCAFC 263; (2004) 144 FCR 1 Navoto v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 135 Paramananthan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 94 FCR 28 Plaintiff S157/2002 v The Commonwealth of Australia [2003] HCA 2; (2003) 211 CLR 476 Plaintiff M1/2021 v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 17; (2022) 96 ALJR 497 Re McBain; Ex parte Australian Catholic Bishops Conference [2002] HCA 16; (2002) 209 CLR 372 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57; (2000) 204 CLR 82 Savaiinaea v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 56 Sellamuthu v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 247; (1999) 90 FCR 287 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA 31; (2008) 235 CLR 286 SHKB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 545 Singh v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 3; (2019) 267 FCR 200 Suleiman v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 594; (2018) 74 AAR 545 SZTMD v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 150; (2015) 150 ALD 34 Uelese v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 15; (2015) 256 CLR 203 VAAD v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 117 Viane v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 116; (2018) 263 FCR 531
Division:	General Division
Registry:	Western Australia
National Practice Area:	Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs:	103
Date of hearing:	3 June 2022 and 9 August 2022
Counsel for the Applicant:	Mr M Albert with Mr N Boyd-Caine (Pro Bono)
Counsel for the First Respondent:	Mr G Johnson (3 June 2022) Mr P Knowles with Ms A Poukchankski (9 August 2022)
Solicitor for the First Respondent:	Australian Government Solicitor
Counsel for the Second Respondent:	The Second Respondent submits to any order of the Court, subject to the question of costs

ORDERS

		WAD 151 of 2021
BETWEEN:	STEPHEN BROWNLIE Applicant
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