A “BALLARAT Solution” welcoming asylum seekers to the town would benefit regional communities, a local health boss has said. Last week, the federal government’s plans to send asylum seekers ...

Neil Para set off from Ballarat on August 1 and has walked 1,000km to Marrickville in Sydney Mr Para's walk aimed to raise awareness about more than 12,500 asylum seekers and refugees living in ...

The Benevolent Asylum, Orphanage, Art Gallery, Ballarat Hospital and a host of others rose, often designed by the best architects available and paid for by benefactors who sported top hats and ...

Ballarat's mayor is urging the federal government to provide a much-loved family of asylum seekers greater certainty as they mark their eighth year stuck in "limbo". Neil Para, his wife Sugaa Neil ...

Key Points. A Tamil refugee has completed his 1,000km walk for asylum seekers. Neil Para took 40 days to complete the goal. Para and his family arrived by boat in Australian waters in August 2012.