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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy Political editor

Jim Chalmers indicates ‘substantial progress’ on returning Murugappan family to Biloela

Murugappan family in Perth
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two Australian-born children Kopika and Tharnicaa in Perth. Jim Chalmers has indicated that Labor believes the family ‘must get home to Biloela’. Photograph: Home to Bilo

The interim home affairs minister, Jim Chalmers, has sent a clear signal the Murugappan family will shortly return home to Biloela.

Chalmers told reporters on Wednesday he had made “substantial progress on this in the last day or two” and hoped to discuss arrangements for the return once Anthony Albanese returned from Tokyo.

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