APH17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 23

APH17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 23

The Authority’s failure to consider exercising the discretion to obtain the 2017 DFAT country report was not unreasonable in the context of the statutory scheme, particularly as there was no evidence it had actual or constructive knowledge of the report. Further, even if there had been such a failure, it was not material as the outcome would not have changed. The differences between the 2015 and 2017 Reports did not bear upon the Authority's factual findings regarding the appellant's claim.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 January 2021
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Federal Court Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
['judicial Review' 'protection Visas' 'country Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'legal Unreasonableness']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['judicial Review' 'protection Visas' 'country Information' 'jurisdictional Error' 'legal Unreasonableness']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Federal Court Judgment on Appeal From Federal Circuit Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Immigration Assessment Authority's failure to exercise or consider exercising the power under s 473DC of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) to get up-to-date country information was unreasonable" 'Whether any such failure was material and constituted jurisdictional error']

Ratio Decidendi

The Authority’s failure to consider exercising the discretion to obtain the 2017 DFAT country report was not unreasonable in the context of the statutory scheme, particularly as there was no evidence it had actual or constructive knowledge of the report. Further, even if there had been such a failure, it was not material as the outcome would not have changed. The differences between the 2015 and 2017 Reports did not bear upon the Authority's factual findings regarding the appellant's claim.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs as agreed or taxed."]