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The following decision illustrates the principles underpinning the characterisation of what is unreasonable if the AAT refuses an adjournment application.
http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2019/2019fca0040
BKQ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 40
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A recent decision of the federal court will be of interest to practitioners dealing with PIC 4020.
http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2019/2019fca0052
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The following information is posted on the Business and Skilled Migration Queensland website:
01 February 2019
Please note that the following occupations:
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Representatives from the Law Council warned the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, that the proposed changes may be inconsistent with our international obligations.
Under the proposed legislation as it is drafted, the Minister can strip anyone convicted of terrorism-related offences of their Australian citizenship regardless of the severity of the conviction. The proposed legislation stipulates the Minister need only be ‘satisfied’ that the person would have another citizenship – a much lower and vaguer threshold.
Current laws allow individuals to lose citizenship if they are convicted of a terrorism-related offence with a prison sentence of at least six years, and have citizenship of another country.
Recent Citizenship decisions can be found on page 3. Recent Migration decisions can be found on page 4.
It is recommended that the Bulletin be read on-line. This has the advantage of allowing the reader to use hyperlinks to access the full text of cases and other internet sites mentioned in the Bulletin.
Source: AAT-Bulletin-4-2019.pdf
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