‘This has gone on too long’: more Coalition MPs call for Biloela family to be freed from detention

Liberal MP Katie Allen joins MPs Trent Zimmerman and Ken O'Dowd in calling for family to be returned to mainland from Christmas Island

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Pressure continues to build on the Morrison government, even within its own ranks, to free the Tamil family from detention on Christmas Island and back into the Biloela community in Queensland.

Liberal backbencher Katie Allen has joined a small, but growing number of Coalition MPs, including Trent Zimmerman and Ken O'Dowd, who want them returned to the mainland.