Need to consider claim not accompanied by evidence?

Federal Court (Full Court). Does the question of the materiality of an error typically (although perhaps not necessarily) arise only once a court is satisfied that the administrative decision-maker exceeded its jurisdiction in some way? Is an administrative decision-maker "relieved of its obligation to consider [a person's] contentions simply because they were not made good on the evidence"?

Some of the questions to the Full Court of the Federal Court (FCAFC) were as follows:

Question 1: Does the question of the materiality of an error typically (although perhaps not necessarily) arise only once a court is satisfied that the administrative decision-maker exceeded its jurisdiction in some way?

Question 2: Is an administrative decision-maker "relieved of its obligation to consider [a person's] contentions simply because they were not made good on the evidence"?

The FCAFC answered those questions as follows:

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