Friends, this Saturday is the 4th anniversary of the day the guards came for Priya, Nades and their QLD-born girls at dawn.

Will you help us transform this dark day into a celebration of the way a community can come together to stick up for friends and neighbours, by registering to join our online event this Saturday 5 March?

I am constantly encouraged by the way people all around Australia have taken Priya, Nades, Kopi and Tharni in their hearts. People are always asking how the girls are doing and what life has been like since we got this family off Christmas Island.

Priya told local community news site the Biloela Beacon last week: “I miss my friends, yes, my wonderful friends. Biloela is a very quiet place, very relaxed, peaceful, happy. Nades loved the work in Biloela.”

“My heart only ever felt full when I was in Biloela”.

On Saturday, you can hear from Priya herself by joining our online event. Tap or click here to RSVP via Eventbrite so we can email you a link to join the online event closer to the day.

With an election around the corner and the way Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese and Shadow Immigration Spokesperson Kristina Keneally’s clear commitment to bringing this family safely #HometoBilo, it’s understandable if some of us feel we can just sit back and wait.

It’s frightening to know that just last month, the conservative UK Government confirmed that it is “taking seriously” a distressing recent report detailing torture and sexual violence at the hands of Sri Lanka’s feared security forces during 2020-21.

If we learned anything in 2019, when Scott Morrison’s Ministers almost forced this beautiful family from Australia to danger after a surprise election win, it’s that we must do everything we can to bring them #HometoBilo now, while there’s time.

I hope that one day, 5 March can be a celebration of the day our community began the fight to bring Priya, Nades, Kopi and Tharni safely home to Biloela. Please, can help make this a reality by joining Saturday’s online event? 

For everything you are doing to help keep Priya, Nades and the girls safe - thank you.

With hope,

Angela

PS Even if you have already RSVP’d via eventbrite, please tap through to the event on our Facebook page and tap the “Invite” button to help spread the word to like-minded friends and family. There’s room for up to 1,000 people in the event so let’s make this as big as possible!