Hadden and Decision Maker

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review brought by Hadden against a Decision Maker. Hadden sought to challenge a number of decisions, but the Tribunal found that some of these decisions were not made by Commonwealth entities, and others were too general in nature to be identified as specific reviewable decisions.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to review the decisions identified by Hadden. This involved determining whether the decisions were made under a relevant enactment and whether they constituted "decisions" for the purposes of administrative review. A secondary issue, contingent on the first, was whether an extension of time should be granted for the application.

The Tribunal reasoned that it could only exercise its review jurisdiction if it could identify a specific decision made under an enactment that was amenable to review. As it was unable to distill such a decision from the applicant's grievances, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined it was unnecessary to consider the application for an extension of time.

The Tribunal dismissed the application for review for want of jurisdiction, pursuant to subsection 42A(4) of the *Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975* (Cth).