INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A father who was assaulted and racially abused while visiting Ballarat in Australia with his young daughter, who lives with a disability,
Anuli lives with cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair, is blind and needed to be accompanied by a carer.Thusitha Nugagahakumbura said he, his
wife Neelanthi Munasinghe, Anuli and her carer were heading back to their car after a day of sightseeing when a group of boys started
Skinner, who raced to intervene when the assault occurred, told ABC Statewide Drive the area near Coles on Peel Street was a known trouble
occurred, but officers did not attend the scene.Mr Nugagahakumbura was told by police to file a report at the station because the offenders
recently, some of the seating and shelters had been removed to try to address antisocial behaviour in the area.He also said the lack of
surveillance footage concerned him, and that the area would receive a CCTV upgrade when improvements to Bridge Mall were made.Cr Hudson said
