HometoBilo

Tune in to @ABCTV Australian Story on Monday 11 August at 8pm for an update on what Nades, Priya, Kopika and Tharnicaa have been doing since they got home to Biloela. abc.net.au/news/2025-08-0…

🎭 'Back to Bilo' play tells the story of Murugappan family's detention & resilience. ✍️ Written by Katherine Lyall-Watson, features Menaka Thomas's music. 🎟️ Runs 3-16 Sept at Queensland Theatre. #TheIndianSun @arts_tart @iftheatre 🔗 wp.me/p7ADtX-rdn

@Cobra1A @Roch1Tob @ABCTV That’s right. Nades works at the meatworks and Woolworths, and they have their food truck which they run on the weekends 😊

Tune in to @ABCTV Australian Story on Monday 11 August at 8pm for an update on what Nades, Priya, Kopika and Tharnicaa have been doing since they got home to Biloela. abc.net.au/news/2025-08-0…

We're setting up for the #EvacuateNow action, calling on MPs to evacuate the 46 people stranded in PNG and the 94 held in detention in Nauru. We kick off at 12pm, hearing directly from survivors of Australia's brutal offshore processing centres. ACT folks, come on down!

After 10 years of pain and uncertainty my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill Vashini Jayakumar Take action now to end this Bill. action.asrc.org.au/deportation-bi…

Take action now to end this Bill: action.asrc.org.au/deportation-bi…

Thank you to The Guardian for sharing Vashini and Riswan’s story. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The deportation bill that the Albanese Government is trying to pass this week includes the power to be able to jail people seeking asylum who they want to deport, despite that person still having legitimate court proceedings or a humanitarian request before the Minister on foot.

Every single submission to the inquiry on Albanese's anti-refugee and travel ban bill (except for the submission made by people who are paid by the Commonwealth) opposed it. Scrap this Bill.

ASF17 dismissed. Raises more questions about the need for the Bill which imposes a penalty of imprisonment for alleged non-compliance with removal?

With ASF17’s appeal dismissed unanimously, justifying ongoing (indefinite?) detention, what need for a Bill that criminalises non-cooperation with removal? #auspol

At the last election people voted to reject fear and voted for compassion and fairness. This bill is neither compassionate for fair and must be opposed outright.

It's not only the community that raised concerns but also human rights groups, refugees and a number of committee members with dissenting reports from the Coalition, Greens and Senator Pocock. The fact that the committee is split on this bill is telling.

We all consider ourselves Australians and we want what's best for our country. It would be a shame and it would be a loss to disregard and throw away the benefits and the privileges that Australia has been endowed with as a migrant country.

Another commented ''The bill creates barriers to family reunification for many migrants and refugees…This could result in significant emotional distress and hardship for individuals who are unable to reunite with their loved ones in Australia.''

One impacted community stated ''With the way this has been done, there has not been any consultation and no-one has been spoken to about this bill. No-one knows exactly what is going on. So there is that anxiety and panic within the community as to what will happen''.

It’s beyond comprehension that the committee has read through hundreds of submissions and listened to hours of evidence opposing the bill, yet the majority report still recommends the law be passed with ONE minor 'consideration'. No amendments. No safeguards to protect refugees.

Comment after comment into the inquiry echoed community concerns for the bill that would separate families, criminalise refugees and could deport people back to danger. Yet, the majority report ignored these legitimate and real concerns.

Today the Senate committee into the Govt's Entry Ban and Deportation bill handed down it's report. Despite the overwhelming community opposition to the bill, the ALP majority report recommended the bill pass. A thread 🧵👇🏽 @ASRC1

Families who could be thrown in jail because they do not cooperate with the government’s attempt to deport them.

The govt’s proposed Deportation Bill would have seen Nades & Priya put in jail, just because they resisted being forced back to danger in Sri Lanka. There are many other families around Aus like the Nadesalingams, who have been living here, working & raising their kids for 10yrs.