During the 2019 election campaign, on QLD-born Kopi & Tharni's 429th day in a Melbourne detention centre, @ScottMorrisonMP told Australians: "ultimately, we've got every child out of detention."
Our Biloela girls were detained for another 669 days on his watch.
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By day 1198 Tharni was so sick she had to be airlifted from Xmas Island to a Perth hospital. She's still in "community detention".
During the 3 years Kopi & Tharni were detained, MPs & Senators told Parliament & the public there were no kids in detention at least 25 times.
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On 30/5/2018, Andrew Hastie MP told Parliament "there is something we all are very proud of: we've removed all children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 86th day in detention.
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On 23/10/2018, @PeterDutton_MP told Parliament "we have got all of the children out of detention in Australia".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 232nd day in detention.
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On 24/10/2018, @DavidColemanMP told Parliament "we got the children out of detention".
On the same day, @PeterDutton_MP again told Parliament "we have got all of the children out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 233rd day in detention.
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On 25/10/2018, @PeterDutton_MP again told Parliament "we've got all of the children out of detention here in Australia".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 234th day in detention.
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On 6/12/2018, @ScottMorrisonMP told Parliament "we got all the children out of detention, Mr Speaker".
On the same day, @Senator_CFW also told Parliament: "we got all the children out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 282nd day in detention.
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On 12/2/2019, Christian Porter MP told Parliament "this government has removed all children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 344th day in detention.
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On 13/2/2019, @SenatorCash told Parliament "we got the children out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 345th day in detention.
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On 21/2/2019, @DavidColemanMP again told Parliament "we got the kids out of detention".
On the same day, @PeterDutton_MP again told Parliament "we've got all the children out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 353rd day in detention.
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On 8/5/2019, @ScottMorrisonMP said, during the @PressClubAust Leaders Debate, "ultimately, we've got every child out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 429th day in detention.
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On 16/6/2019, @PeterDuttonMP said, during an interview with @ABCInsiders, "I've got all of the children out of detention here in Australia as well".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 468th day in detention.
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On 4/7/2019, @PeterDutton_MP again told Parliament "we have removed all the children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 486th day in detention.
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On 22/7/2019, @stoker_aj told Parliament "let the record show today: there are no children in detention - not one".
On the same day, @Senator_CFW told Parliament "we have removed all children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 504th day in detention.
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On 9/9/2019, @SenatorCash again told Parliament "we have removed the children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 553rd day in detention, 10 days after their family was forced to Christmas Island.
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On 29/11/2019, @PeterDutton_MP said, in an interview with @TheTodayShow, "we've got all the kids out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 634th day in detention.
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On 2/12/2019, @stoker_aj told Parliament "we have removed every single one of the children from detention".
On the same day @Senator_CFW told Parliament "we have removed all of the children from detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 637th day in detention.
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On 3/12/2019, @senator_sam told Parliament:
"The fact of the matter is that, after great expense and a massive amount of work, this government has ensured that all children have been removed from detention."
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 638th day in detention.
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On 4/12/2019, Senator Simon Birmingham @Birmo told Parliament:
"Our policies have worked in getting all children out of detention."
It was Biloela girls Kopi and Tharni's 639th day in detention.
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On 25/2/2020, @FionaMartinMP told Parliament:
"It is the Morrison Government who have removed all children from detention."
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 722nd day in detention.
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On 14/5/2020, @PeterDutton said, during a doorstop interview:
"Don't forget, we don't have any children in detention."
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 801st day in detention.
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On 29/10/2020, @PeterDutton_MP again told Parliament, "I got all of the children out of detention".
It was Biloela girls Kopi & Tharni's 969th day in detention.
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@PeterDutton_MP 1506 days after they took her family from their Biloela home, Scott Morrison's Ministers are still holding QLD-born 4 year old Tharni in "community detention".
We're terrified they'll force her family to danger after the election.
Act now: bit.ly/emailmyMP
#HomeToBilo
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