A Tamil family fighting deportation to Sri Lanka are expected to learn on Tuesday if their latest bid to return to Queensland has succeeded.
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharunicaa, aged five and three, had a win in the Federal Court early last year, but that was appealed by the federal government.Justice Mark Moshinsky had ruled that Tharunicaa was denied procedural fairness in making a protection visa application, which would have allowed her to remain in Australia.
He ordered their costs of $206,934.33 be paid, after determining that Immigration Minister David Coleman had lifted a bar to consider a visa application. The family, from Biloela in Queensland, were taken into detention in Melbourne in March 2018 and transferred to Christmas Island in August 2019 after an urgent injunction prevented their deportation to Sri Lanka mid-flight.The federal government appealed Justice Moshinsky's findings from earlier this year, while the family's lawyers filed a cross-appeal against a second ground which was dismissed in that case.
An appeal hearing was expected to run over two days in October last year, but took significantly less time after Justice Geoffrey Flick, one of three hearing the case, became"cranky" at the government's barrister for repeating himself.
I have terrible anxiety about this tonight because this family belong to all of us already. Praying to the Universe that they can go home to Biloela...🐨🐨🐨🐨
Let them. There is no reason in the world to not let them. None.
they fly back to the country they come from WE DON'T want People like them to be Australians they are USERS cost us millions . forget they are ugly SEND THE BACK if you not already done it minister
Send them back to Sri Lanka. Economic migrants.
Heartfelt hope that the government do the right thing and return them HomeToBilo
SBS Fingers crossed!
I hope they can go back to Biloela 🤞
Fingers crossed for them, please let this happen, its a disgrace! What on earth could possibly be gained or achieved by keeping them there. What it has done though is to remind most of us, who care, of how heartless and unfeeling this government is.
SBS They should pay back the Australian taxpayer all the money they have cost us
Here’s hoping for the right outcome, that they can return to the community that wants them and those gorgeous little girls can return HOME to their country of birth AUSTRALIA.
lynlinking Oh God, how much damage can one family cope with? Please let them stay
Maybe we could offer to trade some politicians in their place - possibly a two-for-one deal?
Isn’t it time we stopped torturing children? And wasting huge sums of money.
lynlinking My fingers are crossed for a favorable outcome for this family. They deserve to go home to their community where they will be welcomed back.
Tamils are Not safe in Sri Lanka - the whole world knows this, except for DFAT it seems. If anything were to happen to these Australian born Girls, would the Government have committed an act of infanticide?
Yes . They are trying to rort it I think , but FFS their treatment is unbelievable. That’s their only crime . I am so ashamed of Australia .
Latest? How many chances is one allowed? SBSNews auspol
Better be a yes to returning them to Australia ScottMorrisonMP LiberalAus because Australians hate you enough as it is....do you really want to ostracise even more people by saying no? auspol
From this sort of people running government good luck
Better be good news for them.
elliemail HomeToBilo
I hope so!
Biloela could do with them back.
These good people, let them stay they haven't caused any problems
Haven't they been on Christmas Island for a very long time I hope their bid to return to Queensland is successful Its obvious the community where they lived loves this family
I hope they can return back home to Biloela.
They should be allowed to stay.