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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for the new Home Affairs minister to use her ministerial discretion to allow a Tamil asylum seeker family detained on Christmas Island to return to Biloela, declaring it the “right thing to do”.
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two Australian-born daughters, Kopika, five, and Tharunicaa, three, have been in immigration detention since early 2018 as legal battles seeking to secure their right to remain in Australia continue.
The two Australian-born girls are the only children left in Australian immigration detention, but the government has repeatedly said the family do not meet the criteria for protection.
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Turnbull barred from the running for NSW Zero Emissions board06/04/2021|4min
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been barred from taking the helm of the Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board after a sensational reversal by NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean.
Sky News Australia revealed last week Mr Kean was planning on placing Mr Turnbull as the chair of the key climate body before the former prime minister made controversial statements calling for a freeze to new mine approvals.
Mr Kean released a statement saying he had decided not to proceed with Mr Turnbull’s appointment as chair of the board as “the focus should not be on personality”.
Malcolm Turnbull Dropped As Chair of Clean Energy Board
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been removed from his position as chair of the New South Wales (NSW) Net-Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board, only a week after his appointment.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that while she admired and respected Turnbull, his appointment “unfortunately for everyone concerned … was proving to be a distraction.”
The removal came hours after The Daily Telegraph published a letter from Turnbull objecting to the expansion of a coal mine in the upper Hunter Valley region near his personal property.
Turnbull said he and his wife made the submission as “long-term landowners in the district and in no other capacity” and rejected any conflict of interest.
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