This 6th edition of Douglas and Jones's Administrative Law provides clarity and a contemporary perspective on administrative law today. In this new 6th edition, Douglas has: -Completely updated and revised this edition to provide greater clarityand a contemporary perspective on administrative law - Updated commentary on statute law where necessary and completely cross-checked all references to statutes -Included extracts from a number of significant new cases which has precipitated the rewriting of commentary in a number of chapters - Included commentary 'foreshadowing' the Rudd Government's proposed changes to FOI law - Included a new sub-section summarising Human Rights legislation of the ACT and Victoria - Up-dated law to August 2008 An overview of the additional case extracts include: Anvil Hill Project Watch Association Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water Resources [2007] FCA Dunn v Australian Crime Commission [2008] FCA Francis v Attorney-General for Queensland [2008] QSC Geelong Community for Good Life Inc v Environment Protection Authority [2008] VSC Hicks v Ruddock [2007] FCA Leghaei v Director-General of Security [2005] FCA Masu Financial Management Pty Ltd v Financial Industry Complaints Service (No 2) [2004] NSWSC McGovern v Ku-Ring-Gai Council [2008] NSWCA McKinnon v Secretary, Department of Treasury [2006] HCA NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCA Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA SZFDE v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2007] HCA

Table of Contents

Contents 1 Issues and Problems in Australian Administrative Law 2 The Rise (and Decline?) of Administrative Law 3 Freedom of Information and Open Government 4 Understanding Decisions: Reasons, Discovery and Evidence 5 Investigating Administrative Activity: Auditor-Generals, Corruption and Whistleblowers 6 Investigating Administrative Conduct: The Ombudsman 7 Administrative Review on the Merits 8 Delegated Legislation 9 The Duty to Act within Powers 10 The Exercise of Discretionary Power 11 The Duty to Act for Proper Purposes and according to Relevant Considerations 12 Duties in Relation to Findings of Fact 13 The Requirement of Reasonableness, and Other Limitations to Administrative Decision-Making 14 The Right to Procedural Fairness aaC--" General Principles 15 The Right to be 'Heard' 16 The Rule Against Bias 17 Limits to Fairness 18 The Effect of Errors on the Validity of Decisions 19 The Availability of Judicial Review 20 Judicial Remedies 21 Discretion 22 Standing to Seek Judicial Review Index Table of CasesTable of Statutes

Reviews

This edition introduces new excerpts from recent High Court, Federal Court and Supreme Court decisions and a section on human rights legislation in the ACT and Victoria. Even in areas where there has been no significant development in case law or legislation since the last edition, commentary has been updated to include references to recent articles and reports. The text not only states the existing law, but also foreshadows the possible future directions of development. Extracts from Australian Law Reform Commission and Administrative Review Council reports are provided, reviews and inquiries in relation to law reform are referred to and the impact of human rights legislation in the United Kingdom is noted as indicating a possible catalyst for similar developments here. The law is current to 1 November 2008. - Ethos, ACT Law Society Journal, June 2009