Inside Biloela: the tiny Queensland town fighting for refugee rights

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In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, we look at the conservative outback town that became home to a family of Tamil asylum seekers, then fought to keep them there.

, they chat about everything from what life is like in the small rural town and how the campaign to keep this family there was born, to the lack of safety for Tamils in their native Sri Lanka and how the discretionary powers of Immigration Minister Alex Hawke may be the only way this family can return from Perth to their adopted outback home.

Good Weekend Talks offers readers the chance to delve even deeper each week into Good Weekend’s most intriguing stories, with lively insight from writers, editors and experts. Listen to more episodes by subscribing to Good Weekend Talks wherever you get your podcasts.

 

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