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Biloela family

The family who became associated with the Queensland town of Biloela has been referred to in more than one way in Guardian articles. In some cases we have used the second name of the family's father, Murugappan, but it is common in Tamil families to use the father’s first name (in this case Nadesalingam) as a second name for other family members. The family has now asked to be known collectively as the Nadesalingam family.

May 2024

  • Couple Riswan Thajudean and Saivashini (Vashini) Jayakumar

    After 10 years of pain and uncertainty my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill

    Vashini Jayakumar
    If the bill passes, my husband – who fled war in Sri Lanka and is father to our three children – would be put in jail if he did not immediately leave Australia

October 2023

  • Priya and Nade Nadesalingam with their daughters Tharnicaa (right) and Kopika.

    ‘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

June 2023

  • The Murugappan family.

    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

December 2022

  • Vashini (centre) with her friends Priya (left) and Nades Nadesalingam (right).

    Priya Nadesalingam calls for friend to be granted a permanent home in Australia

  • The Nadesalingam family arrive for a Birthday party for 5 year old Tharnicaa Nadesalingam. Priya and Nade with their daughters Tharnicaa (2nd left) and Kopika. Sunday 12th June 2022.  Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia

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    Revisited: Home to Biloela

November 2022

  • Scott Morrison looking sideways and smiling slightly

    Scott Morrison falsely claimed he lacked powers to help Biloela family

    Former PM said decision on Murugappan family was in immigration minister’s hands, despite being sworn in to administer home affairs at the time

September 2022

  • Nadesalingam family are pictured smiling and sitting on a couch in a home

    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

August 2022

  • Priya and Nades Nadesalingam are sitting on their couch in their home with their daughters Tharnicaa and Kopika

    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’

July 2022

  • Emotional scenes as the Nadesalingam family arrive at Thangool aerodrome to a warm welcome from the locals. Priya and Nade are overcome with emotion as they exit the terminal and are greeted by their friends

    We pretend there has been change under Labor but hundreds of refugees are still in detention

    Behrouz Boochani
    After taking happy snaps in Biloela the new government has made no effort to change Australia’s cruel immigration policy on refugees arriving by boat

June 2022

  • Sarah Martin

    With the chance to use his political capital for reform, can the PM repay the trust placed in him?

    Sarah Martin
  • The Nadesalingam family in their new home in Biloela.

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

  • The Nadesalingam family arrive for a birthday party for 5-year-old Tharnicaa Nadesalingam. Priya and Nades with their daughters Tharnicaa and Kopika

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    Home to Biloela

  • The Nadesalingam family in their new home in Biloela, Priya and Nade with their daughters Tharnicaa (left) and Kopika. Saturday 11th June 2022.  Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia

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

  • Australia news live
    Defence minister rubbishes Coalition claims on France compensation deal – as it happened

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

  • Australia news live
    Biloela family welcomed home; Albanese announces $830m submarine penalty – as it happened

  • Anthony Albanese sees ‘no impediment’ to permanent residency for Biloela family

  • The Nadesalingams are back in Biloela, but Australia’s unjust immigration system endures

    Ben Doherty
  • Australia news live
    Labor says Dutton ‘desperate’ to distract from defence failures – as it happened

  • ‘Love conquered all’: Biloela welcomes home Nadesalingam family after four years

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