By the time you read this, two-year-old Tharunicaa may be recovering from surgery.

Inadequate sunlight and limited fresh food in a Melbourne detention centre damaged her developing teeth. This morning, some are being removed under general anaesthetic.

Please, will you tell our Senators that Tharunicaa and her family must come home to Biloela, QLD, where she was born?

Yesterday, Senator Kristina Keneally – the Shadow Immigration Minister – joined forces with broadcaster Alan Jones.

She called on her government counterpart, David Coleman, to use his discretionary powers to bring this beautiful family home to Bilo.

Senator Keneally told Alan’s listeners she believes that Mr Coleman is a “community-minded individual”. She explained that Australia’s immigration laws give Mr Coleman the power to intervene on humanitarian grounds.

Senator Keneally can’t understand why Mr Coleman has so far ignored the community of Biloela, let alone the 200,000 Australians that want to see Priya, Nades and the girls come home to Queensland.

Neither can I.

But I do know that all of the different actions you have been taking have encouraged people like Alan Jones and Senator Keneally to find common ground and speak up for this beautiful family.

If you have already emailed Minister Coleman and your local MP - thank you.

Today, I need your help to try something new.

Can you please tap or click through to our action page and send a quick e-mail to independent and government Senators?

It takes around 10 seconds to send these Senators an e-mail using the suggested wording on our action page.

But please, before you click “send” - take an extra minute or two to personalise your e-mail.

This will dramatically increase the power of your message and show the true depth of your concern for little Tharunicaa and her family.

I am heartbroken to know that this beautiful, inquisitive little girl is enduring surgery just so she can eat solid food without pain.

And it was all so preventable. In detention, Tharunicaa and her sister have been trapped indoors with so little time outside in the sunlight that they suffered severe vitamin D deficiency.

Dentists have explained to me how vital vitamin D is for our teeth, especially when they are developing.

The thought that Tharunicaa will be sent from hospital straight back to the detention centre is utterly devastating.

Surely the least our politicians can do for her is let her recover from her ordeal at home in Biloela, where she and her family belong.

For everything you do – thank you.

With hope,

Angela x