As Tharnicaa Murugappan marks her fourth birthday in hospital, Sydney MP Trent Zimmerman says there has been an "enormous outpouring of goodwill" towards her family.
Tharnicaa Murugappan, who is currently being treated for a blood infection in Perth Children’s Hospital, has never celebrated a birthday outside of immigration detention.
A picture is worth a thousand words and can dramatically influence public opinion. That realisation has been a motivating factor in the way the Morrison government and its predecessors have sought to shield from public gaze the cruelty of Australia’s border policies.