Biloela Tamil family wins challenge to decision barring them from reapplying for bridging visas

While Kopika and parents Priya and Nades have been granted bridging visas, the youngest daughter of the Biloela Tamil family, Tharnicaa, has not. Photograph: change.org

The Murugappan family from Biloela has won a court challenge against the immigration minister’s decision effectively barring them from reapplying for bridging visas.

Alex Hawke’s move to revoke a decision allowing three family members to reapply for a visa was procedurally unfair, the federal circuit court’s judge Heather Riley held on Monday.