Home affairs minister suggests reports about Biloela daughter’s illness ‘inaccurate’

Karen Andrews refuses to say what is not correct after Tharnicaa was evacuated from Christmas Island to Perth to treat a blood infection caused by pneumonia

The home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, has suggested the youngest member of the Murugappan family from Biloela who was evacuated from Christmas Island for medical treatment was not as sick as had been reported.

Tharnicaa, who turned four on the weekend, remains in Perth Children's hospital, where she is being treated for a blood infection caused by undiagnosed pneumonia.