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Hi All
It is brilliant news fro Dr Moeller, and thank you to Kate for the news from the papers. I hope that the Minister has been similarly generous towards Dr Downes in Sydney.
It only took the Robinson family 6 years, a visit to the Tribunal, a trip to the Court and TWO appeals to the Minister in order for Mrs Robinson - a midwife in Perth - to obtain permission for her family to remain in Australia indefinitely.
However, the Minister's decision about Dr Moeller's case leaves the Law in rags and tatters. Hats off to Dr Moeller's legal team for such a speedy result but it is going to cause immense problems for the Minister.
I know a lass whose child is permanently blind. Their application for a subclass 136 visa (the forerunner of the current subclass 175 vsa) was refused because of the child's blindness. The lady's husband is not a doctor. I think he is something to do with IT though I am not sure.
With the current Minister content to ignore the medical criteria for migration to Oz, this family could now play a tactical game. They could find an employer willing to support them and they could more or less demand a visa from the Minister, given the precedent that he has now set for himself with Dr Moeller.
In terms of applying the law properly, I think the Minister has made a massive mistake which is likely to come back to haunt him.
Best wishes
Gill
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