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‘Fight for every other refugee’: Priya Nadesalingam on what Australia can learn from Biloela

In her first memoir, Nadesalingam revisited painful memories to tell her family’s story. Now happily settled in Biloela, she’s urging the country to keep fighting

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2023

Barnaby Joyce apologised to Peter Dutton for breaking ranks over the Biloela family

A letter written at the time reveals that Joyce told Dutton he could not justify deporting the Murugappan family, whose two children were born in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023

The Nadesalingam family's 'very happy life' in Biloela now that visas approved

Nades Murugappan has returned to work at the Biloela meatworks, where he worked before his family was taken away by immigration officials in 2018, and, with his wife Priya, is also looking to start up a food van.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

Biloela Tamil asylum seeker family arrive in Brisbane after long-awaited trip back to Queensland

A decade-long immigration battle reaches a major milestone, with the Nadesalingam family arriving in Queensland as they travel to their adopted hometown of Biloela after four years in detention.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

Tamil family touches down in Queensland

A family of Tamil asylum seekers have arrived in Queensland on their way to new hometown Biloela, arriving from Perth after release from immigration detention.

AAP · Jun 7, 2022

Biloela prepares to party as Murugappan family returns home

A thousand extra people are expected to attend the Queensland festival that will serve as family’s unofficial homecoming

The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2022

Tamil asylum seeker family prepare to return to Biloela but their immigration battle is far from over

The Tamil asylum seeker family removed from Biloela in 2018 will return to the central Queensland town within weeks, allowing their five-year-old daughter to celebrate her first birthday outside of detention. But their fight to remain in Australia will continue.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

Celebrations at last as Murugappan family to be back in Biloela for youngest daughter’s birthday

Labor’s decision to release the Murugappans means that four-year-old Tharnicaa will finally have a birthday outside immigration detention

The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2022

Priya Murugappan Called For The New Govt To ‘Make A Change To The Lives’ Of Every Refugee

"All refugees are survivors. They need hope."

Pedestrian.tv · May 27, 2022

Murugappan family to return to Biloela on bridging visas

Tamil family can return to Queensland town while their immigration status is resolved, Labor’s Jim Chalmers says

The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2022