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Tamil family should be staying in Biloela instead of Perth: Labor
By Nick Bonyhady
What does Labor think of the Immigration Minister’s decision to release the Murugappan family from detention?
The party’s deputy leader Richard Marles was on the ABC when the news broke.
Labor’s Richard Marles. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“It’s certainly better than the family being on Christmas Island but it raises the obvious question that if we’re talking about the family being reunited in Australia while circumstances play out ... the obvious place for them to be reunited and reside is the community that wants them and that’s [the Queensland town in which they formerly lived] Biloela,” Mr Marles said.
Mr Marles refused to say whether Labor believed the family should be allowed to stay in Australia permanently, despite repeated questions from ABC host Hamish Macdonald.
“We understand the need for a very strict policy in relation to our border. And that has been put in place by successive governments under Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and under the Coalition.
“Dealing with this family would not undermine any of the regime that has been put in place there in terms of offshore processing, in terms of turning back boats at sea. All of that still stands, and you can still deal with the circumstances of this family notwithstanding all of that, and that’s why we’ve been saying for some time that that’s what should have occurred.”
Victoria records zero new cases of COVID-19
By Broede Carmody
Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state recorded zero cases of COVID-19 in the community yesterday. That’s off the back of 15,067 coronavirus tests.
Three cases were detected in hotel quarantine. There are now 54 active cases of COVID-19 across the state.
Biloela decision ‘does not create a pathway to a visa’: Hawke
By Nick Bonyhady
Recapping today’s top story and Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has decided to release the Murugappan family from detention, allowing them to live in Perth while they pursue a legal challenge and their youngest daughter seeks medical treatment.
No decision has been made about allowing the family to stay permanently, said Mr Hawke, who as immigration minister has both discretionary power to release people from detention and allow them to stay in Australia.
Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“The family will now reside in suburban Perth through a community detention placement, close to schools and support services while the youngest child receives medical treatment from the nearby Perth Children’s hospital an as the family pursues ongoing legal matters,” Mr Hawke said in a statement.
“Importantly today’s decision does not create a pathway to a visa.
“The government’s position on border protection has not changed. Anyone who arrives in Australia illegally by boat will not be resettled permanently. Anyone who is found not to be owed protection will be expected to leave Australia.”
Priya and Nadesalingam Murugappan fled Sri Lanka’s civil war by boat to Australia in 2012 and 2013.
The couple and their Australian-born daughters, Kopika, 6, and Tharnicaa, 4, have been held on Christmas Island since August 2019 after being removed from the Queensland town of Biloela following unsuccessful asylum claims by the parents.
Asylum-seeker decision is about children: Joyce
By Daniella White
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is one of the Coalition MPs who have been calling for a Tamil asylum seeker family to stay in Australia.
He said the two girls, who were born in Australia, should not be punished for their parents’ actions.
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“If it was just the parents, that’s a completely different situation,” the former deputy prime minister said on 2GB earlier this morning.
“The reason that ministers have discretion … is to deal with issues that from time to time come up precisely like this. Maybe in hindsight it would have been better if they had been turned around immediately and sent back and that was the process.
“In this case, two girls from Biloela are being sent back to a country that they’ve never been to [and] were not born in. For me that’s a problem because they have no rights.
“I like being Australian and one of the aspects of being Australian is giving someone a fair go and not dumping them from a great height when they’ve never done anything wrong.”
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson strike Australia-Britain free trade deal over dinner
By Bevan Shields
A free trade deal which clears the way for more Australians to live and work in Britain once international borders reopen has been struck by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson after the pair offered last-minute concessions over diner at Downing Street.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age understand the leaders will announce the in-principle agreement – which could boost the Australian economy by up to $1.3 billion each year and offer exporters new options to pivot away from the volatile Chinese market – on Tuesday morning local-time.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outside Downing Street.Credit:AP
Read the full story here.
Biloela family to reside in Perth: Hawke
By Broede Carmody
In news just in, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke says he will allow a Tamil asylum seeker family to reside in Perth while he decides what to do next in regards to permanent settlement.
“In making this determination I am balancing the government’s ongoing commitment to strong border policies with appropriate compassion in circumstances involving children in held detention,” he said.
We’ll have more on this decision shortly.
Mid-career experts could be teachers in six months: NSW Treasurer
By Daniella White
Professionals who want to switch careers could be in the classroom within just six months under a NSW government plan to entice talented people into teaching.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet spoke about the plan this morning, saying one of the biggest impediments to getting mid-career experts into the profession was the time it took to become qualified.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.Credit:Edwina Pickles
“This is not about simply adding supply of teachers, this is about enriching our education system with specialist expertise from other professions,” he told radio station 2GB.
“We’re looking at making a six-month course, trialling it at the start and if it’s successful pursuing it.
“Never have we put more money into the education system. But simply throwing more money is not necessarily the solution, we need to look at creating new ways of improving teaching.”
Mr Perrottet said the idea came from a recent NSW Productivity Commission white paper.
‘Correct’ that Biloela family will be reunited on Australian mainland: Treasurer
By Broede Carmody
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has just confirmed that the Tamil asylum seeker family who’ve been in immigration detention on Christmas Island for two years will be reunited on the Australian mainland.
“The [immigration] minister will be making a detailed statement but I can confirm the reports that the family will be reunited on Australian shores is correct. That will happen very soon and the minister will make a statement today,” Mr Frydenberg told the Today show.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“This has been a very difficult case. It’s been protracted through the courts but you also have to understand that Australia put in place a border protection policy because tragically more than 1200 lives were lost at sea between 2008 and 2013 and obviously the policies we put in place were designed to save lives and bring order to our borders.”
Mr Frydenberg was asked if that means the family can stay in Australia permanently.
His response?
“The details will be released by the minister. I’ll leave that statement to him. He has been working through it. I have spoken to him, he’s spoken to the Prime Minister as well as a number of our colleagues.”
United Nations set to decide climate claims by Torres Strait Islanders against Australia
By Anthony Galloway
As world leaders met in south-west England to discuss future climate change commitments, priest Stanley Marama didn’t need any reminding about the reality of rising tides.
Less than 100 metres from the Anglican church on Boigu Island in the Torres Strait sits a sacred place where the local population conducted ceremonies for thousands of years. But not any more – it is now completely under water.
Reverend Stanley Marama (centre) during the Mabo Day event on Boigu Island in the Torres Strait on June 3. Credit:Kate Geraghty
Boigu is one of Australia’s most northerly islands, just a five-minute boat ride from the Papua New Guinea mainland.
Read the full story here.
‘Enough is enough’ when it comes to Biloela family: Shorten
By Broede Carmody
Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten was on the Today show a short while ago.
The former opposition leader was asked about the Tamil asylum seeker family who could be released from immigration detention in just a matter of hours. He said “enough is enough”.
Former opposition leader Bill Shorten.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“They’ve had this three-year ordeal in our detention system,” Mr Shorten said. “I think we should reunite the family and let them live in a community who signalled they want to have them.”
Labor has ramped-up the pressure on the Morrison government over the plight of Priya and Nadesalingam Murugappan and their Australian-born daughters. Some Coalition MPs have also been pushing for the family to be resettled on the Australian mainland.
Mr Shorten dismissed suggestions that resettling the family in Queensland would open the “flood gates” and encourage asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat.
“I don’t believe that,” he said. “Every year governments exercise discretion. Remember ... if you were a French nanny you could get in here? I don’t think it sets a precedent. So let them be reunited [with their former neighbours in regional Queensland].”
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