Interview with JonesMonica (telephone, 28 November 2014).
2.
Customs handle immigration clearance, identity and entry authority checking, and DIBP officers undertake any interviews for further information about immigration status. As Customs exercise powers as ‘officers’ under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 5, for ease of discussion of the relationship between Migration Act decisions and Border Security television, this article refers to officers undertaking either aspect of immigration clearance as DIBP officers, and associated decisions as immigration decisions.
3.
Phoenix, Arizona, Municipal Code §; 23–52A(3) (2015).
Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, 31 January 2014, 30–33 (Hanson-YoungSarah). On Operation Sovereign Borders, see DechentSusanna, ‘Operation Sovereign Borders: The Very Real Risk of Refoulement of Refugees’ (2014) 39(2) Alternative Law Journal110.
12.
Commonwealth, above n 11, 31–32 (PezzulloMichael), 31 (MorrisonScott).
13.
See, eg, BurtonBob, Inside Spin: The Dark Underbelly of the PR Industry (Allen & Unwin, 2007) 193; HughesPeter, ‘overnmentality, Blurred Boundaries, and Pleasure in the Docusoap Border Security’ (2010) 24(3) Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies439; PriceEmma, ‘The llusory Everyday: Constructing Australian Narratives in Reality TV’ in ElderCatrionaMooreKeith (eds), New Voices, New Visions: Challenging Australian Identities and Legacies (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012) 154, 163.
14.
Hughes, above n 13, 439.
15.
Ibid 439, citing DeveneyCatherine, ‘Couch Life: Heading the Bogans Off at the Pass’, The Age (Melbourne), 18 August 2007.
Commonwealth, above n 11, 31–32 (PezzulloMichael).
19.
StrattonJon, ‘Dying to Come to Australia: Asylum Seekers, Tourists and Death’ in PereraSuvendrini (ed), Our Patch: Enacting Australian Sovereignty Post-2001 (Network Books, 2007) 167.
Evidence to Budget Estimates, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, 14 February 2005, 185, (Lionel Woodward AO, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Customs Service).
24.
Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550; Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parta Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82; Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476.
25.
Plaintiff M47/2012 v Director-General of Security [2012] HCA 46, [497].
26.
R v Sussex Justices; Ex parte McCarthy [1924] 1 KB 256, 259.
27.
Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488, 492 [11], affirmed in Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337, 344 [6].
28.
Kioa v West [1985] 159 CLR 550, 612–613; see also McGovern v Ku-Ring-Gai Council [2008] NSWCA 209 [71], [75]-[77].
29.
GrovesMatthew, ‘The Imaginary Observer of the Bias Rule’ (2012) 19(4) Australian Journal of Administrative Law188, 358; GriffithsJohn, ‘Apprehended Bias in Australian Administrative Law’ (2010) 38(3) Federal Law Review353.
30.
Stollery v Greyhound Racing Control Board (1972) 128 CLR 509.
Letter from McPheeIan (Auditor-General for Australia) to XenophonSenator Nick, 30 September 2014.
36.
Ibid.
37.
See, eg, Question Taken on Notice, Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio, Budget Estimates, 26–27 May 2014 (BE14/495).
38.
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, above n 9.
39.
Mares, above n 16, citing LatimerSimonWardellMatt, ‘Border Security: The realities of reality TV, a case study’ (Paper presented at the 15th Public Affairs in the Public Service Sector Conference, Sydney 17 March 2005).
Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337, 345.
44.
Hughes, above n 13, 441 citing LatimerWardell, above n 38.
45.
CBSA, above n 41.
46.
Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337, 345.
47.
Interview with JonesMonica, above n 6.
48.
Hughes, above n 13, 444.
49.
Interview with JonesMonica, above n 6.
50.
See, eg, Blue Mountains City Council v Prospect County Council (1992) 74 LGRA 129.
51.
It is not the association itself but its capacity to influence the decision that is important: Aussie Airlines Pty Ltd v Australian Airlines Pty Ltd [1996] FCA 1308.
52.
Murlan Consulting Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council (2009) 170 LGERA 162, [62].
GrovesMatthew, ‘The Rule Against Bias’ in GrovesLee (eds), Australian Administrative Law: Fundamentals, Principles and Doctrines (CUP, 2007) 316, 320.
57.
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Srouji [2014] FCA 50, [29].
58.
See S & M Motor Repairs Pty Ltd v Caltex Oil (Aus) Pty Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 358, 369 for discussion of the factors relevant to consider if apprehended bias is said to arise from a relationship.
59.
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Srouji [2014] FCA 50, [24].
60.
Ibid.
61.
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng [2001] HCA 17, [181].
62.
Ibid [6l]–[63].
63.
Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, A Sanctuary under Review: An Examination of Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes (Commonwealth of Australia, 2000) 302; Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 217.
