Farmer v. Minister for Home Affairs & Anor
Case No.
S160/2024
Case Information
Catchwords
Constitutional law – Migration law – Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where the plaintiff is a citizen of the United States and is not a citizen or resident of Australia – Where the plaintiff is an internationally recognised political commentator – Where the plaintiff arranged to conduct a speaking tour in Australia – Where the plaintiff applied for a Temporary Activity (Class GG) visa for her proposed travel to Australia – Where the Minister for Home Affairs decided to refuse to grant the plaintiff the visa, relying on s 501(6)(d)(iv) of the Act in making the decision – Where the Minister reasonably suspects that the plaintiff does not pass the character test and that it is in the national interest to refuse to grant the plaintiff a visa – Validity of s 501(6)(d)(iv) – Whether invalid on the ground that it infringes the implied freedom of political communication – Whether the Minister adopted an incorrect construction of s 501(6)(d)(iv).
Documents*
12/02/2025 Amended application for Constitutional or other writ
18/02/2025 Notice of constitutional matter
13/03/2025 Special Case
13/03/2025 Order referring special case to the Full Court
20/03/2025 Written submissions (Plaintiff)
20/03/2025 Chronology (Plaintiff)
10/04/2025 Written submissions (First and Second Defendants)
22/04/2025 Reply
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