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Minister says visa overstayer detentions will not involve ICE-style raids
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia will expand efforts to deal with visa overstayers, but Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the changes will not lead to US-style immigration raids. The government plans to establish a 100-person Border Force team to locate and manage people who remain in Australia without valid visas. Around 77,000 visa overstayers are currently estimated to be in Australia. The government will
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Minister says visa overstayer detentions will not involve ICE-style raids
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia will expand efforts to deal with visa overstayers, but Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the changes will not lead to US-style immigration raids. The government plans to establish a 100-person Border Force team to locate and manage people who remain in Australia without valid visas. Around 77,000 visa overstayers are currently estimated to be in Australia. The government will
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BASL and Law Council of Australia sign landmark MoU
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Law Council of Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two countries’ legal professions. The agreement was signed in Seoul, South Korea, on the sidelines of the 39th LAWASIA Conference. BASL President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Law Council of Austra
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El Niño strengthens, raising bushfire risks for millions across Australia
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Eastern Australia is facing a growing bushfire risk as a strengthening El Nino pattern combines with an unusually dry winter. Weather forecasters are warning that the coming weeks could bring challenging conditions, particularly across parts of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Rainfall was well below average across many areas during winter. El Nino has weakened the trade winds that
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Two major Australian banks join growing interest rate hike calls
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Two of Australia’s major banks have increased fixed mortgage rates just days before the Reserve Bank’s next interest-rate decision. ANZ and NAB raised their fixed home loan rates by 0.20 percentage points on Thursday, taking their lowest advertised fixed rate to 6.49 per cent. The moves follow ING, which lifted fixed rates for both owner-occupier and investor loans by the same amount a day
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ශ්රී ලංකා රේගු ආදායම රුපියල් ට්රිලියන 2 සීමාව ඉක්මවයි...
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ශ්රී ලංකා රේගුව වාර්ෂික ආදායම් එකතු කිරීමේ කාර්යසාධනයේ සුවිශේෂී සන්ධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින්, රුපියල් ට්රිලියන 2 ක ආදායම් සීමාව ඉක්මවා තිබේ. මෙම රුපියල් ට්රිලියන 2 සීමාව ඊයේ දිනයේදී ඉක්මවා ගිය බව රේගුව නිවේදනය කළ අතර, එය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ආදායම් කාර්යසාධනයේ ප්රධාන සන්ධිස්ථානයක් ලෙස හඳුන්වා දී තිබේ. නවතම ආදායම් සංඛ්යාලේඛනය මගින් රජයේ ආදායම් එකත
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