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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack both wrote to the Immigration Minister concerning the Tamil family from Biloela, a Federal Court judgment has revealed.
Last week, the Full Federal Court upheld its earlier decision that QLD-born Tharnicaa, the youngest member of the family, was denied âprocedural fairnessâ. A friend of the Tamil family has spoken out against a Full Federal Court decision to extend the family s detention on Christmas Island.
The latest judgment reveals Mr Abbott and Mr McCormack were among 18 Federal MPs and Senators whose letters to former Immigration Minister David Coleman were cited in an April 2019 Department of Home Affairs submission to the Minister.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says despite the logistical problems associated with the vaccine rollout, over 130 regional centres will receive the Pfizer jab this week.
“This is going to be one of the nation’s largest logistical exercises and we’re determined to get it right," he said.
“We want to, we need to, we have to get Australia back to some sort of pre-COVID normality and this is the way to do it.
“It’s getting out there, we’re doing our job, we’re partnering up there, it’s getting out to rural and regional Australia, it’s getting out to the entire country.”
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has championed the regional lifestyle saying, “you can live like a king and queen and don’t have to fight the traffic”.
He said a new report released by the Regional Australia Institute revealed one in five people living in metropolitan areas were considering moving to an inland centre.
There are currently 54,000 jobs in rural and regional Australia.
Mr McCormack said regional areas offered “cheaper lifestyle, cheaper housing but certainly jobs”.