Let's suppose the court ordered they could stay. Now fast forward a few years and the same thing happens, although this time it is a father who takes his Australian born children back to Italy. Do you think the Italian courts would behave any differently?
On another note, if you choose to marry and have children with a foreigner in a foreign country, then you simply can't expect to bail, and take everything when the relationship goes pear shaped. This court decision is a consequence of the decision she made many years ago to migrate to Italy and start a family.
