‘Sign here’: high court finds no requirement for minister to read submissions on visa decisions

Long-running dispute, featuring bizarre' photo of visa cancellation next to a steering wheel, ends with ruling that minister can rely on department summaries

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The immigration minister is not required to personally read submissions for intervention on visa decisions, the high court has ruled, in a decision breaking Labor's losing streak on sensitive migration cases.

On Wednesday, the high court unanimously ruled in favour of Andrew Giles in a long-running case featuring a bizarre" photo of a signed ministerial brief next to a steering wheel.