For the purposes of s 424A(3)(b) of the Migration Act, artificial distinctions should not be drawn between information provided by an applicant in chief and information given in answer to questions posed by the Tribunal; where the information is uncontentious factual material that the applicant either expressly provided or affirmed in response to basic propositions, the exemption applies. The Tribunal is not obliged to speculate about hypothetical scenarios (such as joining an unofficial church) where the applicant has not given evidence or made claims to that effect. There is considerable doubt whether s 91R(3) authorises disregarding the fact of genuine religious conversion, as distinct from subsequent conduct in Australia.
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