Labor victory means Murugappan family set to return home to Biloela

After four years in immigration detention, the election would produce an all-or-nothing result for the Tamil asylum seekers

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About 11pm on election night in the central Queensland town of Biloela, Angela Fredericks phoned her absent friend.

Priya, you are coming home," she said.

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