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QLN146 v Republic of Nauru

[2018] HCA 42
Case number
M26/2018
Before
Bell, Keane, Gordon JJ
Catchwords

Nauru – Appeal as of right from Supreme Court of Nauru – Refugees – Where Secretary of Department of Justice and Border Control determined appellant not refugee and not owed complementary protection – Where Refugee Status Review Tribunal affirmed Secretary's determination – Where Tribunal made adverse findings as to credibility – Whether error in Tribunal's reasons.

Words and phrases – "appeal", "credibility", "error".

Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr).

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) as modified by the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967).

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