Procedural fairness does not require an administrative decision-maker to disclose every individual source document where the substance of the information is already available to the affected person through other disclosed materials. An administrative decision-maker who uses template language to decide identical generic claims made by multiple persons on the same material does not thereby give rise to an apprehension of bias, provided the decision-maker has also individually considered each person's particular circumstances. However, Flick J's dissent signals that extensive verbatim repetition without any indication of fresh consideration may, in some circumstances, give rise to apprehended bias.
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