How Queensland's Biloela, and the Murugappans, a Tamil family they're fighting for, changed Australia's conversation on refugees

When the Murugappan family were removed from their home at dawn, locals in conservative Biloela were gutted. Then they learnt to crowdfund, hashtag and take to the world stage.

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