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Politics
Maeve Bannister and Paul Osborne

Biloela family approved for return home

A family of Tamil asylum seekers who captured the hearts of Australians has been permitted to return to their home in the regional Queensland town of Biloela on bridging visas.

Nadesalingam and Priya Murugappan fled Sri Lanka after the country's civil war, arriving separately on people-smuggling vessels in 2012 and 2013.

Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers said on Friday he had exercised his power under Section 195A of the Migration Act.

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