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Man jailed over ‘racially motivated attack’ against Queensland’s Biloela family

Jessie Newton, 40, pleaded guilty to assaulting Priya Nadesalingam and Nades Murugappan, and a string of other offences

The Guardian - AU

Back to Bilo review – the remarkable story of the Nadesalingams and Biloela makes for compelling theatre

Bille Brown theatre, Brisbane festivalThe refugee family’s fight against deportation to Sri Lanka and the successful grassroots campaign to bring them home made headlines for years – but this play widens a story often focused on trauma

The Guardian - AU

Priya Nadesalingam hits out at migration bill, saying Biloela return ‘impossible’ without mobile phone

As Albanese government’s prohibiting items bill looks to include mobile phones, Nadesalingam says it would worsen mental health of detainees

The Guardian - AU

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‘Fight for every other refugee’: Priya Nadesalingam on what Australia can learn from Biloela

In her first memoir, Nadesalingam revisited painful memories to tell her family’s story. Now happily settled in Biloela, she’s urging the country to keep fighting

The Guardian - AU

Refugees race against time in new Australian TV series

A new teen ABC series is putting the experience of refugees on temporary visas front and centre on Australian screens for the first time.

AAP

Barnaby Joyce apologised to Peter Dutton for breaking ranks over the Biloela family

A letter written at the time reveals that Joyce told Dutton he could not justify deporting the Murugappan family, whose two children were born in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Wholesale power prices expected to rise with Queensland Callide Power Station repair delay

A fire at Callide Power Station, near Biloela, in May 2021 triggered mass blackouts across the state.

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Despite Anthony Albanese's promise, no Biloela-style intervention for asylum seekers in limbo

Kabir is one of thousands of asylum seekers living in Australia without a visa. He has not been detained, but without the right to work or access to Medicare, he is trapped nonetheless.

ABC News

Power line placement for new wind farm near Biloela will impact cropping operations, farmers say

Farmers in central Queensland say proposed transmission towers to connect a new wind farm to the grid will interfere with their ability to plant, spray and harvest on prime cropping land.

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Queensland's clean energy transition plan sparks fears for communities built on coal

For 36 years Ashley Cook has worked at a coal mine in regional Queensland, taking pride in his highly skilled dragline operator job. He's concerned about what the state government's energy plan could mean for communities like his.

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Priya Nadesalingam, mother of Biloela family, signs book deal for memoir of asylum ordeal

Mother of Tamil family will recount their remarkable journey, from fleeing war-torn Sri Lanka to enduring Australia’s immigration detention system

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of dead fish found on banks of waterways near Gladstone and Biloela

It is a confronting sight, but water authorities say there is a simple explanation behind the phenomenon.

ABC News

The Nadesalingam family's 'very happy life' in Biloela now that visas approved

Nades Murugappan has returned to work at the Biloela meatworks, where he worked before his family was taken away by immigration officials in 2018, and, with his wife Priya, is also looking to start up a food van.

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'Biloela' Tamil family finally gets permanent residency

The Tamil “Biloela” family has been granted permanent residency by the Albanese government.

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The Guardian - AU

Nadesalingam family feel ‘peace’ after being granted permanent residency in Australia

In Biloela, Priya Nadesalingam says ‘I know my daughters will get to grow up safely in Australia. Now my husband and I can live without fear’

AAP

Biloela family receive permanent visas

The Nadesalingam family of Biloela have received permanent visas, ending a long-running saga.

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Ballarat mayor calls for certainty from Labor as asylum seeker family marks eight years in 'limbo'

A western Victorian mayor hopes the same compassion shown by the federal government to a Biloela family will continue with a Ballarat refugee family.

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Madonna King: As you return home to Biloela, welcome to the rest of your life

As the Nadesalingam family settle back into Biloela, meeting the PM and celebrating their daughter’s fifth birthday, Madonna King pens a letter to them.

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Immigration minister says Nadesalingam family can stay in Biloela ‘with certainty’

Andrew Giles doesn’t specify when or how Tamil family will be allowed to remain in Australia and blames Coalition for long visa wait times

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Tamil asylum seeker family after return to Biloela

The Nadesalingams thanked Anthony Albanese in person for his government's decision to allow them to return to Biloela as they continue their campaign for permanent residency.

The Guardian - AU

Sleeping soundly: the Nadesalingam family find peace and comfort in their Biloela home

As their youngest daughter plays games on her fifth birthday, mum Priya reflects on relief at being back in her community and her hopes for the future

ABC News

Biloela's Nadesalingam family celebrates Tharnicaa's fifth birthday, her first out of detention

Tharnicaa Nadesalingam wanted a pink-themed party in a park, and that is what she got, for her first birthday outside of Australia's immigration detention system.

AAP

Biloela family homecoming ends with birthday

The Nadesalingams have spoken of their loss during years in detention, with the Tamil family celebrating their daughter's birthday after returning to Biloela.

The Guardian - AU

Nadesalingam family: the ‘jolt to Australia’s conscience’ back in Biloela’s embrace

The family have returned to the town they were taken from in an early morning raid four years ago, with hopes of changing the system for others

ABC News

Biloela family's emotional vow to hometown as PM says there is 'no impediment' to permanent residency

A standing ovation greets the Nadesalingams at a multicultural festival in Biloela as Anthony Albanese says the processes to allow them to stay in Australia "will take place".

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