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‘FATIGUED’: 1000 days in detention for Tamil family

Priya, Nades, and their two daughters will spend their third Christmas in detention this year awaiting legal proceedings.

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11th Dec. 2020 10:12 AM

Nadesalingam Murugappan, known as Nades, his wife Kokilapathmapriy Nadarasa, known as Priya, and their daughters Kopika, 5 and Tharunicaa, 3 leave the recreation centre on Christmas Island. They have been held in detention for more than 1000 days now. Pic Colin Murty The Australian

‘Pain worse than labour’: Biloela mum flown from detention

The mother of a Tamil family fighting to live in central Queensland has been flown to hospital from Christmas Island...

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19th July 2020 5:07 PM

Two years of detention takes toll on family

THE toll prolonged detention has had on a Biloela family is showing, as today marks two years since they were forced from...

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05th March 2020 5:03 AM

Angela Fredericks, pictured with Nades, Priya and Tharunicaa, 2, during a visit to the Christmas Island detention centre last month.

‘Obscene’: Bilo family friend visits Christmas Island centre

“OBSCENE” was how Angela Fredericks described the Christmas Island detention centre, where her friends Priya and Nades and...

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26th Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Home to Bilo campaign organiser Angela Fredericks.

Biloela family deportation fight begins

The fight to keep a Tamil family in Australia has started in the Federal Court, with government lawyers filing last-minute...

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21st Feb. 2020 2:02 PM

The fight to keep a Tamil family in Australia has started in the Federal Court, with government lawyers filing last-minute evidence.

Labor’s stance on Tamil asylum seekers will risk lives

Labor was already shaky on our borders. Now it wants Australia to accept even a boat person who says he had links to a...

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05th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

Tamil family deportation decision delayed

A TAMIL family of four will not know whether they will be deported from Australia until later this week after a court...

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04th Sept. 2019 11:09 AM

The family have been detained since March 2018.

Albo heads for ground zero as verdict looms

With a final decision on the Tamil family facing deportation expected on Wednesday afternoon, Opposition Leader Anthony...

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04th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

It’s not popular but it’s right to send them back

While supporters’ hearts are in the right place, this is an issue that politicians must not be compromised on, writes Renee...

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03rd Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

MY SAY: Peter Dutton's double standards

'Are we living in a democratic country, or a Dutton dictatorship?'

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02nd Sept. 2019 11:09 AM

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