The Court dismissed a judicial review application challenging a Tribunal decision to refuse a protection visa, finding no jurisdictional error where the Tribunal considered all of the applicant's limited claims (economic hardship and government corruption in Malaysia) and relevant country information. The Court distinguished LLR24 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCAFC 26, holding that the Tribunal's power under s 106(3) of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 to decide a matter on the papers without a hearing was properly exercised because no new dispositive issue arose on the review that differed from the issues before the delegate, unlike in LLR24 where the Tribunal had identified a new credibility issue.
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