22 Sept 2014
The Review Officer's decision was quashed because it failed to decide the central issue—whether the appellant suffered a shoulder injury caused by the March 2011 accident—and instead focused on a contested diagnosis; the matter is remitted for reconsideration after an independent specialist report is obtained.
18 Sept 2006
The Minister exceeded his lawful role under s119 by re-evaluating contested evidence and effectively testing factual matters that Parliament assigned to adversarial hearing processes; the Minister also breached procedural fairness by conducting an inadequate, late reconsideration based on incomplete material and by holding site meetings whose content he could not simply disregard; accordingly the decision was set aside and remitted for reconsideration complying with s119(3)-(4) and natural justice requirements.