A Tamil family fighting to stay in Australia have won a two-day reprieve as lawyers battle an overnight ministerial decision not to consider using his discretionary powers to allow a visa application to be made.
Justice Mordecai Bromberg on Wednesday ordered the Australian government be restrained from forcibly removing the girl until 4pm on Friday. Tharunicaa, her parents Priya and Nadesalingam and her four-year-old sister Kopika, are detained on Christmas Island as they await the outcome of a last-ditch bid to stay.Supporters of the Tamil family gather outside of the Federal Court in Melbourne on Wednesday.The court heard Immigration Minister David Coleman on Tuesday night declined to allow Tharunicaa to apply for a protection visa.
The mattered was adjourned until Friday, in light of the Minister's decision overnight. Lawyers for the family said they required more time to consider the impact of his decision on their case.About 70 protesters gathered outside the court on Wednesday to call for the government to intervene and return the family to their home in Biloela.
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