As Tharnicaa Murugappan marks her fourth birthday in hospital, Sydney MP Trent Zimmerman says there has been an 'enormous outpouring of goodwill' towards her family.
A federal Liberal MP has called for a Tamil family being detained on Christmas Island to be allowed to return to the Queensland community of Biloela.Mr Zimmerman said he had spoken to Immigration Minister Alex Hawke and encouraged him to "look favourably" on the case
Change.org released a video of father Nades and older sister Kopika wishing her a happy fourth birthday as they both blew kisses to the camera "I think it is time that we brought them back from Christmas Island and that we do look at providing them a long-term future in Biloela and the community that has been so supportive of their aspirations," he told the ABC.
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