Murugappan family to return to Biloela on bridging visas
by Tory Shepherd from on (#5ZPPS)
Tamil family can return to Queensland town while their immigration status is resolved, Labor's Jim Chalmers says
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The Murugappan family is set to return home, to the rural Queensland town of Biloela.
The interim home affairs minister, Jim Chalmers, said on Friday afternoon that he had exercised his powers under the Migration Act to give them bridging visas, fulfilling a pre-election promise to let them go home.
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