Editing Jurisdiction (section)

=== Original and appellate jurisdiction ===
That approach to jurisdiction is useful to determine what questions a court may answer in examining a matter before it. Original jurisdiction permits courts to answer all questions of law and fact when a matter is brought before them for the first time<ref name=":1">''Ruhani v Director of Police'' [2005] HCA 24, [163].</ref> (for practical reasons, courts hearing appeals from administrative bodies will also exercise original jurisdiction, this does not subvert the rule).<ref>''Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd v Cmr of State Revenue (Vic)'' [2001] HCA 49, [15]; ''Federal Court of Australia Act 1976'' (Cth) s 19(2); ''Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021'' (Cth) s 131(2).</ref>

Appellate jurisdiction is corrective in nature.<ref name=":1" /> There, courts examine how lower previous decision-makers answered questions of law, whether an error was made in that process, as well as whether and how that error ought to be rectified. Their job is to correct errors made in answering the said questions - essentially, to correct errors of law.