1727293 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by the Minister's delegate concerning a protection visa application. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) had previously reviewed the same primary decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision, given that the same decision had already been the subject of a prior review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by the AAT, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a subsequent application for review concerning that same decision.

The Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in the matter.