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Tharunicaa (left) and Kopika on Christmas Island earlier this month

Tharunicaa (left) and Kopika on Christmas Island earlier this month Source: Supplied

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The full bench of the Federal Court has upheld an earlier decision which found three-year-old Tharunicaa was not given procedural fairness when her application for a protection visa was assessed.

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