SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal|2018-06-05|Before: Member Griffin, Member Johns

The application for review in matter number 2018/SIR000167 is dismissed.
To the extent required, the order dated 14 May 2018 in matter number 2018/SH004537 is set aside.

[2] Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15; , 430 [2].

[4] Ibid s 3 (meaning of 'tenancy dispute').

[6] Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15; (2018) 92 ALJR 423, 437 [50].

[7] Ibid 432-433 [21]; Rizeq v Western Australia [2017] HCA 23; (2017) 91 ALJR 707, 719 [52].

[8] Ibid; Precision Data Holdings Ltd v Wills (1991) 173 CLR 167.

[9] Attorney-General (SA), 'Summary of Argument', Submission in Raschke v Firinauskas 2018/SIR000167, 30 May 2018, [22].

[35] Kingsley & Thorne v Living Choice Woodcroft Pty Ltd [2017] SACAT 16 [124].

[37] Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [1995] HCA 10; (1995) 183 CLR 245.

[38] Burns v Corbett [2017] NSWCA 3; (2017) 316 FLR 448, 456 [30]; TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Judges of the Federal Court of Australia [2013] HCA 5; (2013) 251 CLR 533.

[42] Johnson v Dibbin; Gatsby v Gatsby [2018] NSWCATAP 45 [58]-[59].

[47] South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, House of Assembly, 11 September 2013, 6857 (Hon John Rau MP, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General).

[48] TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Judges of the Federal Court of Australia [2013] HCA 5; (2013) 251 CLR 533.

[53] Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247, 278.

[55] K-Generation Pty Ltd v Liquor Licensing Court [2009] HCA 4; (2009) 237 CLR 501, 528 [82].

[56] Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft v Bayer Pharma Pty Ltd [1959] HCA 32; (1959) 101 CLR 652, 659-660 (citations omitted).

[57] Re Dingjan; Ex parte Wagner [1995] HCA 16; (1995) 183 CLR 323, 360 (Gaudron J).

[58] [1970] HCA 8; (1970) 123 CLR 361, 373 citing Labour Relations Board of Saskatchewan v John East Iron Works Ltd [1949] AC 134, 148.

[59] Trust Company of Australia Ltd v Skiwing Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 185; (2006) 66 NSWLR 77, 81 [17] (see also 82 [21]-[23]) (with whose reasons Hodgson and Bryson JJA agreed).

[61] Qantas Airways Ltd v Lustig [2015] FCA 253; (2015) 228 FCR 148.

[65] Transcript of Proceedings, Owen v Menzies [2013] HCATrans 18 (15 February 2013).

[69] Zistis v Zistis [2018] NSWSC 722 (21 May 2018) (Latham J).

[71] Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) s 3 (definition of 'Tribunal') and see e.g. s 124; Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) s 34B.

[73] Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (ACT) s 76. Residential Tenancies Act 1999 (NT) s 4 (meaning of 'Tribunal').

[74] Residential Tenancy Act 1997 (Tas) s 3 (meaning of 'Court').

[75] Attorney-General (SA), 'Summary of Argument', Submission in Raschke v Firinauskas 2018/SIR000167, 30 May 2018, [41].

[77] As permitted: Owen v South Australia [1996] SASC 5574; (1996) 66 SASR 251, 255-256 (Cox J with whom Prior J agreed).

[78] South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, House of Assembly, 24 July 2013, 6580 (Hon John Rau MP, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General).

[80] Qantas Airways Ltd v Lustig [2015] FCA 253; (2015) 228 FCR 148, 165.

[87] Hon Murray Gleeson AC, 'The judicial method: essentials and inessentials' (2010) 9 The Judicial Review 377, 382.

[88] It is not essential to the exercise of judicial power that a tribunal be called upon to execute its own decision Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [1995] HCA 10; (1995) 183 CLR 245.

[89] Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia v J W Alexander Ltd [1918] HCA 56; (1918) 25 CLR 434.

[90] Regulation 9 of the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2015 (SA) recognises '[a] party to the proceedings, or a person in favour of whom the monetary order is otherwise made' as persons capable of recovering under a monetary Tribunal order.

[94] Ibid ss 79, 89A(4); Sheriff's Act 1978 (SA) s 12.

[97] North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc v Bradley [2004] HCA 31; (2004) 218 CLR 146, 162-163 [27], 163 [29] (McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan and Heydon JJ) quoting Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337, 363 [81] (Gaudron J).

[100] Owen v Menzies [2012] QCA 170; (2012) 265 FLR 392, 408; Justice J B Thomas, 'The ethics of magistrates' (1991) 65 Australian Law Journal 387, 389-390.

[101] South Australia v Totani [2010] HCA 39; (2010) 242 CLR 1, 39-41 (French CJ).

[102] Owen v Menzies [2012] QCA 170; (2012) 265 FLR 392, 399 (de Jersey CJ) quoting Valente v The Queen [1985] 2 SCR 673, 698.

[106] Owen v Menzies [2012] QCA 170; (2012) 265 FLR 392, 398 (de Jersey CJ).

[107] SACAT Act s 3 (meaning of 'Presidential member') defines Presidential member as the President or a Deputy President of the Tribunal.

[111] [2012] QCA 170; (2012) 265 FLR 392, 400 [20] (de Jersey CJ).

[113] Trust Company of Australia Ltd v Skiwing Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 185; (2006) 66 NSWLR 77, 82 [21]-[23] (Spigelman CJ, with whose reasons Hodgson and Bryson JJA agreed).

[115] R v Macdonald; Ex parte Macdonald [1953] HCA 35; (1953) 88 CLR 197, 199 (Fullagar J).

[116] Cam & Sons Pty Ltd v The Chief Secretary of New South Wales [1951] HCA 59; (1951) 84 CLR 442, 454.

[117] [1939] HCA 19; (1939) 61 CLR 634, 652 (Dixon J) (emphasis added), as applied in Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, 93 [250] (Gummow, Crennan and Bell JJ), 133 [390] (Hayne and Kiefel JJ); Tajjour v New South Wales [2014] HCA 35; (2014) 254 CLR 508, 585-586 [169] (Gageler J).

[118] [2018] NSWSC 722 (21 May 2018) [73] (Latham J), in particular reading down the exclusive jurisdiction clause in s 119 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW).

[119] Pursuant to s 26(3) of the SACAT Act.

Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013

Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2015

Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

Providers (National Law) (South Australia) Act 2013

Administrative Tribunal Act 2004

Interpretation Act 1901

Interpretation Act 1915

Administrative Tribunal Act 2013

Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009

Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008

Australian Housing Trust Act 1995

Raschke v Firinauskas [2018] SACAT 19 (5 June 2018)

Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [1995] HCA 10; (1995) 183 CLR 245

Burns v Corbett; Burns v Gaynor; Attorney General for New South Wales v Burns; Attorney General for New South Wales v Burns; New South Wales v Burns [2018] HCA 15; (2018) 92 ALJR 423

Cam & Sons Pty Ltd v The Chief Secretary of New South Wales [1951] HCA 59;

Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; (2000) 205 CLR 337

Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft v Bayer Pharma Pty Ltd [1959] HCA 32; (1959) 101 CLR 652

Featherston v Tully [2002] SASC 243; (2002) 83 SASR 302

Johnson v Dibbin; Gatsby v Gatsby [2018] NSWCATAP 45

K-Generation Pty Ltd v Liquor Licensing Court [2009] HCA 4; (2009) 237 CLR 501

Kingsley & Thorne v Living Choice Woodcroft Pty Ltd [2017] SACAT 16

North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Inc v Bradley [2004] HCA 31; (2004) 218 CLR 146

Owen v South Australia [1996] SASC 5574; (1996) 66 SASR 251

Qantas Airways Ltd v Lustig [2015] FCA 253; (2015) 228 FCR 148

R v Macdonald; Ex parte Macdonald [1953] HCA 35; (1953) 88 CLR 197

R v Poole; Ex parte Henry [No 2] [1939] HCA 19; (1939) 61 CLR 634

R v Spicer; Ex parte Australian Builders' Labourers' Federation [1957] HCA 81; (1957) 100 CLR 277

R v Trade Practices Tribunal; Ex parte Tasmanian Breweries Pty Ltd [1970] HCA 8; (1970) 123 CLR 361

Re Dingjan; Ex parte Wagner [1995] HCA 16; (1995) 183 CLR 323

Rizeq v Western Australia [2017] HCA 23; (2017) 91 ALJR 707

South Australia v Totani [2010] HCA 39; (2010) 242 CLR 1

Tajjour v New South Wales [2014] HCA 35; (2014) 254 CLR 508

TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co Ltd v Judges of the Federal Court of Australia [2013] HCA 5; (2013) 251 CLR 533

Trust Company of Australia Ltd v Skiwing Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 185; (2006) 66 NSWLR 77

Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia v J W Alexander Ltd [1918] HCA 56; (1918) 25 CLR 434

Zistis v Zistis [2018] NSWSC 722

The appointment of judicial officers for fixed terms does not deny their court that character. In Forge v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [(2006) [2006] HCA 44; 228 CLR 45)] at 59 Gleeson CJ referred to the reference by Le Dain J in Valente v The Queen [1985] 2 SCR 673 at 698 to "tenure, whether until an age of retirement, for a fixed term, or for a specific adjudicative task, that is secure against interference by the Executive or other appointing authority in a discretionary or arbitrary manner". Other matters aside, the availability of judicial review in relation to the process of removal under the QCAT legislation ensures that protection, should it become necessary.

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