1720313 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. This was the fifth occasion on which the applicant had applied for a review of the same decision, following the Tribunal's initial decision on 2 June 2017. Subsequent applications for review were lodged on 6 June 2017, 15 June 2017, and 20 July 2017.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear and determine the applicant's repeated applications for review of the same decision.

The Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the present application. It reasoned that on each of the previous occasions the applicant had sought review of the Minister's delegate's decision after the initial Tribunal decision, the Tribunal had explicitly found that it did not have jurisdiction. The Tribunal concluded that the applicant was lodging these applications to obtain bridging visas to remain in Australia, despite knowing that such applications were futile and had no prospect of resulting in the grant of a substantive visa. The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction.