Dax18 v Minister for Home Affairs

Dax18 (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (the Authority) concerning their application for a Safe Haven Enterprise visa. The core of the dispute revolved around whether the Authority's findings regarding the reasonableness and practicability of the applicant's relocation were legally unreasonable, and whether the Authority had adequately considered all aspects of the applicant's claims.

The court was required to determine whether the Authority had committed jurisdictional error by failing to consider the practicability of the applicant's relocation, by not considering all integers of the applicant's claims, and by unreasonably failing to exercise its powers under section 473DC of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).

Justice Street found that the Authority's decision did not contain jurisdictional error. The court reasoned that the Authority had adequately considered the relevant factors in assessing the reasonableness of relocation, and that its findings were open to it on the evidence before it. The Authority was not required to exercise its powers under section 473DC in the circumstances.

Consequently, the amended application for judicial review was dismissed.