At any moment, the guards could come to force this beautiful young family to Sri Lanka, a war-torn country their Australian-born girls have never known. Every hour, Priya sends a text to let me know the family is still safe.
We need to take this to the top. Please, will you call Prime Minister Morrison and ask him to make sure this family is flown home to Biloela?
Many people will be calling and it’s so important to be as polite to Mr Morrison’s staff as possible. If you are unable to get through the Mr Morrison’s Parliamentary office on 02 6277 7700, please make a polite call to his electorate office on 02 9523 0339.
But to save this family, we need to do more than pick up the phone.
Mr Morrison tells us that if you “have a go, you get a go”.
Priya and Nades moved to an outback town desperate to grow its population. Priya joined church groups and made curries for the local doctors. Nades volunteered, pushed trolleys and worked hard at the local meatworks.
This is a family that truly has ‘had a go’. Just like Warrnambool’s Vanisre and her family, who Immigration Minister Coleman stepped in to save last week, Priya and Nades are exactly the kind of people our struggling country towns need.
But while Minister Coleman is launching an inquiry to look at “best practice strategies to encourage people to settle and stay in regional areas”, departmental officials are stopping this family from coming home to Biloela.
I know. It’s madness. But we need to hear what our Prime Minister has to say about all this.
Today, can you please pick up the phone for this family? You can find talking points to guide you and let me know it went here.
Always hopeful,
Angela