Biloela family

A mum, dad and two girls. The Nadesalingam family became known as "the Biloela family" as they fought to stay in Australia. (Australian Story: Robert Koenig ...

"That will be one of the priorities. "They have not been found to be refugees. "I have absolutely promised the girls we will be going to the park," Ms Fredericks said. "We are going to bring the Murugappan family home to Biloela," Mr Burnett said. Their second daughter Tharnicaa was born in 2017. Labor promised during the campaign that if it won the election the Nadesalingam family would be allowed to return home to Biloela.

Labor promised during if it won the election the family could return home to Biloela, ending their long leg...

That is what the courts have found," he said on Friday. "If you grant visas to people who have illegally entered Australia, you may as well start writing the prospectus for people smugglers." So they're not refugees.

The fate of the Murugappans has also been decided by the election, with a Labor win meaning the family will now able to return home to Biloela.

We know Priya is incredibly grateful to every single one of them. They never should have been taken from the town that loved and needed them. This family has been away from their home for more than four years.

The Sri Lankan asylum seekers at the centre of a years-long grassroots campaign to save them from deportation will finally be allowed to return home to ...

We ask that the media and public please respect this family’s need for healing, care, and rest.” “We remain in awe of Priya’s and Nades’ strength and resilience, and their steadfast commitment to the health and safety of their girls.” “This family’s strength has always been at the heart of this Biloela-led campaign to bring them home,” Fredericks said.

The Tamil asylum seeker family who had been fighting to return to the Queensland town of Biloela have reacted with “happy tears” at the election result as ...

The Biloela asylum seeker family have had an emotional reaction to the election result because it will have a very significant impact on them. The Tamil asylum seeker family who had been fighting to return to the Queensland town of Biloela have reacted with “happy tears” at the election result as Labor had promised they could go home. Election 2022: Tamil asylum seeker family to return to Biloela after Labor win

The Tamil family fighting for years to return to the Queensland town of Biloela are confident they will...

We know Priya is incredibly grateful to every single one of them," she said. They never should have been taken from the town that loved and needed them. This family has been away from their home for more than four years.

'Hundreds of thousands of Australians have opened their hearts to this family.'

Many happy tears were shed,” friend and supporter Angela Fredericks posted on Facebook. “As they make the long journey to Biloela to resume their lives here, they also commence a journey of recovery and healing.” Labor promised to return the family of Tamil asylum seekers to Biloela, after its four members were uprooted and detained four years ago.

The party promised during the election campaign the Murugappan family - Priya, Nades and their two girls Kopika and Tharnicaa - would be able to return to their ...

We know Priya is incredibly grateful to every single one of them," she said. They never should have been taken from the town that loved and needed them. This family has been away from their home for more than four years.

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes defeat in the 2022 Federal Election. Picture: AAP. Scott Morrison's 'his way or the highway' approach hurtled ...

Mathew King said of a decision to quit his job in the mines. He said he would promote "optimism, not fear and division" and hoped his election would inspire "Australians to reach for the stars". Confessing to a bad habit of "bulldozing" at the eleventh hour, and promising to change his ways, was not enough to convince voters.

After four years in immigration detention, the election would produce an all-or-nothing result for the Tamil asylum seekers.

Fredericks said they were confident and had been given assurances by Labor that allowing them home would be “one of the first” priorities for the incoming government. “To get to that last night was so incredibly special,” Fredericks said. “It was a very tense wait, a very tense evening. They are now in community detention in Perth, but are not allowed to leave the state. There was a huge group of us all together. The Coalition had been steadfast that it would not allow them permanent residency because they arrived in Australia by boat.

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes defeat in the 2022 Federal Election. Picture: AAP. Scott Morrison's 'his way or the highway' approach hurtled ...

Mathew King said of a decision to quit his job in the mines. He said he would promote "optimism, not fear and division" and hoped his election would inspire "Australians to reach for the stars". Confessing to a bad habit of "bulldozing" at the eleventh hour, and promising to change his ways, was not enough to convince voters.

Outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes defeat in the 2022 Federal Election. Picture: AAP. Scott Morrison's 'his way or the highway' approach hurtled ...

Mathew King said of a decision to quit his job in the mines. I'm the Canberra Times' city reporter, digging into how the capital is developing and the issues affecting residents, businesses and community organisations. I'm the Canberra Times' city reporter, digging into how the capital is developing and the issues affecting residents, businesses and community organisations. He said he would promote "optimism, not fear and division" and hoped his election would inspire "Australians to reach for the stars". "I am humbled by this victory and I'm honoured to be given the opportunity to serve as the 31st prime minister of Australia." Confessing to a bad habit of "bulldozing" at the eleventh hour, and promising to change his ways, was not enough to convince voters.

The Murugappan family have spent the past four years in fear of being deported under the Morrison government, after they were uprooted from their home in ...

Labor's new immigration minister will need to be sworn in before the family can return home, but Bronwyn said she hopes the family will be back in "Bilo" in time for the town's Flourish Festival next month. The Murugappan family was removed from their home Biloela in 2018 and sent to immigration detention on Christmas Island, following the expiration of their visa. A community in central Queensland said they can "finally breathe again" knowing a Labor win in the federal election means the Biloela family can return home.

An asylum seeker family who have spent years fighting to return to the town of Biloela in Queensland is set to be allowed to under the new federal ...

They never should have been taken from the town that loved and needed them. This family has been away from their home for more than four years. “As they make the long journey to Biloela to resume their lives here, they also commence a journey of recovery and healing.”

Supporters of the Tamil family held in immigration detention believe their plight changed votes in Qld as the town of Bioela prepares to welcome them home.

“She has had every birthday in detention, so it would be amazing for her fifth birthday to actually get to celebrate her freedom…a huge thing for a little five year year old,” family friend and long-time Home to Bilo campaigner Angela Fredericks said. “But Biloela is a big hearted, warm, welcoming town and the sooner we can get that beautiful family home to Bilo, the better.” Incoming federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants the family to return to the central Queensland town “as soon as possible” and is expecting to be briefed on the matter this week.

The Tamil family hope to return home in central Queensland within weeks, four years after they were uprooted from Biloela by authorities.

Labor promised that the Murugappan family would be able to go home if they won the election, and Home to Bilo campaigners believe the issue changed votes in central Queensland. The Murugappan family (pictured together) hope to return home to Biloela within weeks Incoming federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants the family to return to the central Queensland town 'as soon as possible' and is expecting to be briefed on the matter this week.