Australian Story revisits Tamil family at the centre of a high-profile refugee case

ABC NEWS (Australia)

They were once the most famous refugee family in Australia. But after their high-profile case, the Tamil household at the centre of one of the country's biggest people-power movements of recent years is getting on with life in the small Queensland town of Biloela.

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00:00The Home to Billow story is about the beauty of a country town and how everyone is connected.

00:16And when Priya and Nadez and their two little girls were taken from this community,

00:22the story then became about the fight to return our community members home to Billowheelah.

00:30It looked like an unwinnable campaign for such a long time. I thought we are no match for this government.

00:57They just kept going and then the rest of Australia just got in behind.

01:01It would have been a thousand to one to win this fight for these people.

01:05Sometimes a little person can win.

01:07The Home to Billowheelah

01:13The Home to Billowheelah

01:17The Home to Billowheelah

01:19The Home to Billowheelah

01:21The Home to Billowheelah

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