The family have spent the past four years in detention — in Melbourne, on Christmas Island and most recently in community detention in Perth while their case to remain in Australia was heard in court.
An announcement will be made today on whether a Tamil asylum seeker family will be allowed to return home to Biloela in central Queensland, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
The couple and their daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa have spent the past four years in detention — in Melbourne, on Christmas Island and most recently in community detention in Perth while their case to remain in Australia was heard in court. Labor promised during the campaign that if it won the election, the Nadesalingam family would be allowed to return home to Biloela.
"This is a family that were welcomed and were apart of the Biloela community, and at a cost of many millions of dollars, have been treated in a way which is not appropriate with Australian values.
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