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Welcome to the 9News.com.au live blog for Friday, June 10, 2022. After a four-year battle, the Nadesalingam family has finally touched down in their adopted hometown of Biloela. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is visiting Australia. Three people have been sentenced to death for fighting with Ukrainian forces against the Russian invasion. The US House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol will open its hearings today, with a focus on former President Donald Trump. And airports are seeing massive queues as people prepare to take off for the long weekend.
- Ardern to push on deportations in PM's first visit from a foreign leader
- Pro-Moscow rebels sentence Brits and Moroccan to death
- Missing daughter of murdered couple found alive over 40 years later
- US Capitol riot hearings opening with focus on extremists, Trump
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The New South Wales government will trial a new transport app that allows subscribers to plan, book and pay for a tailored commuter experience.
Minister for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport Rob Stokes said the Opal Plus App will initially run for 12 months for a select 10,000 people and will streamline services like rideshare, e-bike rental, taxi rides and parking.
A man is in a critical condition after a "serious incident" at Urbnsurf in Melbourne's north this morning.
Ambulance Victoria said paramedics were called to the incident at the surf park in Tullamarine at 11.30am.
The man has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Priya Murugappan said immigration detention was incredibly difficult for her family and two daughters, saying she is looking forward to starting a new chapter in their lives.
She said the detention facilities had minimal access to medical facilities and care.
"Long time in detention, no medical facilities, no healthy food, mentally stressful," she said.
"Detention life is hard on both children mentally.
"The treatment wasn't human - we had a really hard life and I hope nobody has to go through that time. I hope there is a change in government."
Murugappan said she can't describe the feeling of finally arriving home.
"I felt like I was flying, I can't describe the moment of landing in Bilo," she said.
"Landing here gives me a lot of hope and for my daughters, I hope I can give my girls a better life and better future.
"Words can't describe what I am feeling."
The Murugappan family, also known as the Nadesalingam family, shed tears of joy as they were welcomed back to the Biloela community in Queensland.
Supporters of the Tamil family gathered on the tarmac awaiting their arrival, cheering and waving "welcome home" signs as they got off the plane.
"Me and my family is very happy," Priya Murugappan said.
"Again, it's hard to imagine it, back to my community Bilo."
She said after four years of travelling and detention, the family holds great love for the community that supported them.
"My strong love, everything, (to) my community and Australian people, (to) my family (for) helping," she said.
"Happy for all in Bilo, our wonderful friends."
The Nadesalingam family is addressing the media after touching down in Biloela.
They are joined by their supporters from the Home to Bilo campaign.
You can watch the press conference live at the top of this page.
After a four-year battle, the Nadesalingam family has finally touched down in their adopted hometown of Biloela.
The Biloela community has been determined in their campaign to see the Tamil asylum seekers return to the central Queensland town after they were detained in an Australian Border Force raid in 2018.
The family spent four years in detention on Christmas Island and later in Perth.
Labor granted the family bridging visas to remain in Australia after its election win and set in process the move to bring them home to Biloela.
Colour, smiles and tears of joy are filling Thangool Airport as the family makes their way home.
Western Australia's casino regulator has approved a US equity giant's acquisition bid of Crown Resorts.
Blackstone will be allowed to become the new owners of Crown and has been given the group a casino gaming licence.
It comes after both NSW and Victoria gambling authorities approved the group to operate in their respective states.
"As the prospective new owner of the Perth Casino, Blackstone will be required to meet a number of stringent conditions," Racing and Gaming Minister Tony Buti said.
"These conditions align with a number of the recommendations stemming from the recent Perth Casino Royal Commission."
Gaming and Wagering Commission Chair Lanie Chopping said Blackstone has been subject to an "extensive probity assessment".
"The Gaming and Wagering Commission's probity approval has been granted subject to a number of conditions designed to ensure that the Commission has oversight and the capacity to monitor any change in licensee management or ownership," Chopping said.
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