The Court dismissed a judicial review application challenging the AAT's refusal of a protection visa, finding that the Tribunal's adverse credibility findings — including its decision to place no weight on a medical report with dating inconsistencies and its reliance on a 30-month delay in lodging the visa application — were factual findings reasonably open on the evidence and not amenable to judicial review. The Court followed the DQQ17 procedure of allowing the unrepresented applicant to explain unparticularised grounds orally, and independently reviewed the Tribunal decision for arguable jurisdictional error, finding none.
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