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The AAT Bulletin has been released today.

Citizenship decisions are on page 3.  Migration Decisions are on page 4.

Source: AAT-Bulletin-16-September-2019.pdf

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A report published by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has revealed shocking evidence that the average Australian consumer is paying far too much for their currency transfers.

During 2017-2018, consumers who used the four big banks for their international money transfers (IMT) could have collectively saved around AUD150 million if they had used a more competitively priced service.

Consumers and small businesses are defaulting to their bank or using airport currency providers for last minute currency transfers, but these are far from being the cheapest option.

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Legal Training Australia is hosting a State Migration Summit on 1 November 2019 in Melbourne:

VICTORIAN STATE MIGRATION SUMMIT
INCLUDING LUNCH WITH HON JASON WOOD MP
MELBOURNE | 1 NOVEMBER 2019 | $440
10 CATEGORY A MIGRATION CPD IN 1 DAY
Saxons Training Facilities - Melbourne
Level 8, 500 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
 
SUMMIT CLASSROOM ONE
1 NOV - MELBOURNE (10 CPD)
8:00am START  
8:00am Skill Select and the EOI (2CPD)  CHRISTOPHER LEVINGSTON
10:00am  Parent and Partner Visas (including Family Violence) (2CPD) CHRISTOPHER LEVINGSTON
12:00pm LUNCH WITH HON JASON WOOD MP, Henry & The Fox Restaurant, Level 1, 500 Collins Street (same building)
12:30pm Understanding the Code of conduct Intensive (MANDATORY) (2CPD) CHRISTOPHER LEVINGSTON
2:30pm ENS and RCBs intensive (Sc186, 494, 191 visas) (2CPD) ROSS AHMADZAI
4:30pm Business Sponsorship and TSS Visas (intensive) (2CPD) ROSS AHMADZAI 
6:30pm CLOSE
 
SUMMIT CLASSROOM TWO
1 NOV - MELBOURNE (10 CPD)
8:00am START  
8:00am  ENS and RCBs intensive (Sc186, 494, 191 visas) (2CPD) ROSS AHMADZAI
10:00am  Business Sponsorship and TSS Visas (intensive) (2CPD) ROSS AHMADZAI 
12:00pm LUNCH WITH HON JASON WOOD MP, Henry & The Fox Restaurant, Level 1, 500 Collins Street (same building)
12:30pm  Skill Select and the EOI (2CPD)  ROSS AHMADZAI
2:30pm  Understanding the Code of conduct Intensive (MANDATORY) (2CPD) CHRISTOPHER LEVINGSTON
4:30pm  Parent and Partner Visas (including Family Violence) (2CPD) CHRISTOPHER LEVINGSTON
6:30pm CLOSE
 
For tickets please click here.
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Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CTW17 [2019] FCAFC 156
Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia
Robertson, Farrell & Wigney JJ
Migration - three appeals concerning whether three applications for protection visas were valid - applications were made on behalf of respondents in June 2017 (2017 applications) - applications on respondents' behalf had previously been made in 2010 (2010 applications) on basis of 'family unit criterion' - 2010 applications refused - primary judge found applications valid on basis s48A(1AA) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act) did not prevent making of the 2017 applications based on 'complementary protection criterion' - whether erroneous construction of s48 Migration Act - s36(2)(aa) Migration Act - held: appeals allowed.
Minister
DVO16 v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 157
Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia
Greenwood, Flick & Stewart JJ
Migration - first respondent's delegate refused to grant appellant a Temporary Protection (Class XD) (subclass 785) visa - Immigration Assessment Authority affirmed delegate's decision - Federal Circuit Court dismissed application for judicial review - whether Authority erroneously failed to consider exercising power under s473DC Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act) 'to hear further from' or 'make further enquiries of' appellant concerning why appellant 'feared persecution' - whether primary judge should have granted leave to appellant to raise grounds contending erroneous failure by Tribunal to apply test in s473DD Migration Act - whether 'interpreter errors' concerning enquiries by delegate in relation to appellant's 'ethnic persecution claim' - whether appellant denied opportunity to give evidence - held: appeal dismissed.
DVO16
CAR15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 155
Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia
Allsop CJ, Kenny & Snaden JJ
Migration - first respondent rejected appellant's application for a protection (class XA) visa - Tribunal affirmed first respondent's decision - Federal Circuit Court dismissed application to set aside Tribunal's decision - whether erroneous conflation by Tribunal of issue of 'reasonableness of the [appellant's] relocation with the reasonableness of her parent[s'] relocation' - whether non-compliance with s36(2B)(a) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - 'reasonableness of relocation' - held: appeal allowed.
CAR15
Hua v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 158
Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia
Besanko, Murphy & O'Callaghan JJ
Migration - respondent by delegate declined to revoke 'mandatory cancellation' of appellant's Class BB Subclass 155 Five Year Resident Return visa - primary judge dismissed judicial review application - grounds of appeal concerned statutory declaration concerning remorse and 'prison letter' - whether failure to consider statutory declaration and/or prison letter, and if so, whether failure/s 'material' - s501CA Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - held: appeal dismissed.
Hua
ELA18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1482
Federal Court of Australia
Abraham J
Migration - Minister's delegate refused to grant appellant a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) - Immigration Assessment Authority affirmed delegate's decision - Federal Circuit Court dismissed judicial review application - whether failure to determine 'mental health claims' - whether 'legal unreasonableness' - whether failure to determine "outcast" claim and/or 'injection claim' - whether to grant appellant leave to rely on 'new grounds' - held: leave to rely on new grounds refused - appeal dismissed.
ELA18

Source: Benchmark https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/

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The AAT Bulletin has been released and is now available.  Migration and Citizenship decisions are both found on page 4.

Source: https://www.aat.gov.au/AAT/media/AAT/Files/AAT%20Bulletins/36-19.pdf

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