I cannot believe anybody has ever had deportation refused on the basis of owning a cat.
But when compensation has been sought, the IFAs refused on the basis that individuals bought on a no-advice, execution-only basis following the mailshot.
(Clients are accepted or refused on the basis of riding ability. "The necessary requirement," they say, "is being good enough in the saddle to match the horse beneath").
Thus far, the request has been refused on the basis that access to the Brandis outlook calendar would "substantially and unreasonably" interfere with the performance of the minister's function.
She and others have continued to do their best to bring the city to its senses, with freedom of information requests (refused on the basis of commercial sensitivity) and battles of attrition on the i360's Wikipedia page.
This was despite of the efforts of Collective Shout, an activist group against the objectification and sexualisation of women which petitioned to have his visa refused on the basis of lyrics' misogyny, his criminal history and his previous work as a pimp.
It is a matter of frank surprise that we still do not know why they have imposed such an extraordinary fine despite repeated attempts to find out, including a freedom of information request which they interestingly refused on the basis that it would "prejudice the monetary penalty process".
It was decided to dispense with a criminal investigation into the circumstances of the death of the first applicant's husband, and claims of compensation by the first applicant and others were refused on the basis that a mudslide of such exceptional force could neither have been predicted nor stopped.
Davidson refused, on the basis that Dooley still had a majority in the lower house, and Fuller resigned.
That October Pound formally asked to marry Dorothy; her father refused on the basis of Pound's meagre income.
