23rd Feb 2021, 4:30 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020 - Disallow

The same number of senators voted for and against the disallowance motion, which means it failed. South Australian Senator Stirling Griff (Centre Alliance), who introduced the motion, explained the reasons for it:

This disallowance is to right a wrong where, yet again, this government is doing whatever it takes to make it hard for refugees and migrants. How else can this be explained when this regulation imposes a five-fold increase in Federal Circuit Court fees for migration litigants, taking the fee from $690 to $3,330? If this regulation stands, this is what migration litigants will have to pay in order to challenge a decision made by the minister for immigration, the Immigration Assessment Authority and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. That cost will increase this July and every July thereafter.

Motion text

That the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020, made under the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 and Federal Court of Australia Act 1976, be disallowed [F2020L01416].

Last day to resolve the motion or the instrument will be deemed to have been disallowed.