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The tiny Queensland town of Biloela made international headlines with its campaign to stop the deportation of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family who'd become a much-loved part of its community. Senior writer Anne Hyland and one of the campaign's leaders, Angela Fredericks, discuss life in Biloela, the Murugappan family who were taken from their home there and put in detention, and the challenges involved in the fight to keep them in Australia.

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The tiny Queensland town of Biloela made international headlines with its campaign to stop the deportation of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family who'd become a much-loved part of its community. Senior writer Anne Hyland and one of the campaign's leaders, Angela Fredericks, discuss life in Biloela, the Murugappan family who were taken from their home there and put in detention, and the challenges involved in the fight to keep them in Australia.
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