Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v MZYLF

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 The first respondent seeks an order that the appellant, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (the Minister), pay for a video link between Darwin, where the first respondent is detained, and Melbourne, where the appeal brought by the Minister is to be heard. 2 This appeal is to be heard together with the appeal in Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v MZYLE (VID 960 of 2011). For the purposes of the hearing of that appeal MZYLE, the first respondent in that appeal, successfully applied for an order that the Minister pay for the video link between Darwin and Melbourne: Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v MZYLE [2011] FCA 1210 (MZYLE). 3 The facts relevant to the determination of this application are not materially different to the facts relevant to the determination made in the application in MZYLE. One difference is that in the present case there is no evidence that the first respondent suffers symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as there was in MZYLE. That difference is not determinative. 4 For the reasons given in MZYLE, particularly at [21], [22] and [23] to [31], there will be an order in this appeal that the Minister pay for a video link between Darwin and Melbourne for the hearing of the appeal. The Minister must pay the first respondent's costs of the application. I certify that the preceding four (4) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice North.