Judicial review granted; IAD unreasonably relied on non-expert evidence regarding Chinese military university's espionage connections.
The Minister sought judicial review of an Immigration Appeal Division decision finding no reasonable grounds to believe the respondent, a former lecturer at a Chinese military university, was inadmissible on security grounds.
The Federal Court allowed the application, finding the IAD unreasonably relied on a sociologist's expert evidence regarding the internal workings of the military university and its connections to China's cyber espionage units, despite the expert's admitted lack of military expertise.
