BDR18 v Minister for Home Affairs

The applicant, BDR18, sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA). The dispute concerned whether the IAA had adequately considered all claims made by the applicant and whether it had failed to exercise its power under section 473DC of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth). The matter was heard by Judge Street in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

The central legal issues before the Court were whether the IAA had committed a jurisdictional error by failing to consider all of the applicant's articulated claims, and whether the IAA had failed to exercise its power under section 473DC of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth).

Judge Street found that the IAA had considered the claims presented by the applicant. The Court determined that the applicant had not established that the IAA failed to consider any articulated claim or that it failed to exercise its power under section 473DC. Consequently, no jurisdictional error was made out.

The amended application was dismissed.