Biloela family from Queensland awaits ruling in protracted fight to stay in Australia

Tamil family hopes federal court ruling will force federal government to properly consider protection visa application

A Tamil family fighting deportation to Sri Lanka will soon learn if they are a step closer to returning to their home of Biloela in Queensland, more than 1,000 days after they were placed in immigration detention.

Priya, Nades, and their Australian-born daughters, Kopika, five, and Tharunicaa, three, were taken from their home and moved to Melbourne in March 2018 and have been detained on Christmas Island since August 2019.