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Australia introduces historic minimum age for social media usage
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has officially started monitoring and enforcing the country’s new minimum age of 16 for social media accounts. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the policy is a major step forward for online safety, giving young people a break from addictive platform features and harmful content. She stressed that while the rule won’t solve every problem, it forms an impo
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Australia increased the support for Sri Lanka to AUD 3.5 million
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Australia is providing an additional $2.5 million to support Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, increasing our total support to $3.5 million. As Sri Lanka continues to face the challenges of the cyclone and flooding, Australia is stepping up to help our close Indo-Pacific neighbour. This support will be delivered in coordination with Sri La
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World-Class Indoor Cricket Facility Opened in Melbourne.
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Elite Cricket Centre officially opened its doors to the public on 8 November 2025, offering a world-class indoor facility designed for players of all levels. The centre features eight long run-up, international-standard training lanes with premium synthetic turf, four JUGS bowling machines, one Bola machine with auto-feeder and one leather ball machine to enhance precision and performance.
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Australia introduces historic minimum age for social media usage
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has officially started monitoring and enforcing the country’s new minimum age of 16 for social media accounts. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the policy is a major step forward for online safety, giving young people a break from addictive platform features and harmful content. She stressed that while the rule won’t solve every problem, it forms an impo
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5 days ago1 min read
Australia increased the support for Sri Lanka to AUD 3.5 million
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Australia is providing an additional $2.5 million to support Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, increasing our total support to $3.5 million. As Sri Lanka continues to face the challenges of the cyclone and flooding, Australia is stepping up to help our close Indo-Pacific neighbour. This support will be delivered in coordination with Sri La
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Dec 41 min read
විදේශීය පරිත්යාගශීලීන්ට ආධාර ලබාදීමට තීරුබදු රහිත පහසු ක්රමවේදයක්...
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. දැනට රටේ පවතින ව්යසන තත්ත්වයෙන් ආපදාවට පත් වූ ජනතාව වෙත අත්යවශ්ය භාණ්ඩ පරිත්යාග කිරීම සඳහා විදෙස් රටවල්, සංවිධාන, පුද්ගලයින් මෙන්ම විදෙස්ගත ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් විසින් විවිධ විමසීම් කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව, ඔවුන් මෙරටට එවනු ලබන භාණ්ඩමය ආධාර සියලු තීරුබදු සහ ගාස්තුවලින් (Import Taxes and levies) තොරව කඩිනමින් නිශ්කාෂණය කර බෙදා හැරීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා රජය වඩා පහසු ක්රමවේදයක් ප්රකාශයට පත් කර තිබේ. පරිත
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Dec 22 min read
Australia Commits AUD 1M to Sri Lanka's Disaster Response
The Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka has announced a significant funding commitment to support disaster response and recovery efforts following the ongoing impacts of Cyclone Ditwah . In an official statement issued in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka , the High Commission confirmed that Australia is committing AUD 1 million for immediate action. The funding is designated to provide urgent relief for communities severely affected by the c
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Nov 301 min read
විපතට පත් ජනතාවට උපකාර කිරීමට අවශ්ය අයට රජයෙන් විශේෂ බැංකු ගිණුමක්...
දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුව නිසා ඇතිවූ ගංවතුර, නාය යාම් සහ ආපදා වලින් මේ මොහොතේ විපතට පත්ව සිටින ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින්ට සහයෝගයක් වන්නේ කෙසේදැයි විදෙස් රටක ජීවත් වන ඔබ සිතනවා ඇති! විදෙස් රට වල ජීවත් වන්නවුන්ට, මේ මොහොතේ ලංකාවේ විපතට පත් වූවන්ට කෙරෙන්නාවූ සහනාධාර වෙනුවෙන් මූල්යමය සහයෝගයක් ලබා දීමට හැකි වන පරිදි ශ්රී ලංකා රජය විසින් විශේෂ බැංකු ගිණුමක් ජනගත කර තිබෙනවා. පහතින් දැක්වෙන්නේ ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අංශය මගින් නිකුත් කල නිවේදනයයි - Latest Update - ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අංශය වෙතින් නිකුත් කළ න
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Nov 293 min read
දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුවෙන් මරණ 56ක්, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් සේවයෙන් මගීන්ට විශේෂ නිවේදනයක්...
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්යස්ථානයට (DMC) අනුව, " Ditwah" සුළි කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් පුද්ගලයින් 56 දෙනෙකු මියගොස් 21 දෙනෙකු අතුරුදහන් වී ඇති අතර 14 දෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා ඇත. ආන්තික කාලගුණික තත්ත්වයන් හේතුවෙන් පවුල් 12,313 කට අයත් පුද්ගලයින් 43,991 දෙනෙකු පීඩාවට පත්ව ඇති බව ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්යස්ථානය වාර්තා කරයි. කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් දිස්ත්රික්ක කිහිපයක නිවාස හතරක් ස
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Nov 281 min read
Sri Lankan professor wins People’s Choice Science Award in Western Australia
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Western Australia has honoured its top scientific talent at the 24th Premier’s Science Awards — and Sri Lankan oceanographer Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi has taken home one of the night’s biggest titles. Professor Pattiaratchi won the People’s Choice Award, earning an impressive 7,880 votes from colleagues and supporters across the scientific
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Nov 181 min read
10 Outstanding Sri Lankans in Australia to be Honoured at the Lankan Fest 2025
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Melbourne is set for its biggest Sri Lankan celebration yet as Lankan Fest marks its 10th anniversary this Sunday, 16 November, at Crown Riverwalk.The milestone event celebrates a decade of culture, unity, and community pride — and honours the Sri Lankan Australians who continue to inspire the next generation. This year introduces the Luminary Awards , recognising ten outstanding Sri Lanka
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Nov 142 min read
World-Class Indoor Cricket Facility Opened in Melbourne.
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Elite Cricket Centre officially opened its doors to the public on 8 November 2025, offering a world-class indoor facility designed for players of all levels. The centre features eight long run-up, international-standard training lanes with premium synthetic turf, four JUGS bowling machines, one Bola machine with auto-feeder and one leather ball machine to enhance precision and performance.
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Nov 132 min read
Victoria named Australia’s worst state for business again
At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Victoria has been named Australia’s hardest state to do business in for the second year in a row, according to the Business Council of Australia’s 2025 report. The state ranked eighth overall, with the report pointing to high property and payroll taxes and heavy licensing rules as major hurdles for businesses — despite recent planning reforms aimed at speeding up housing approvals. In cont
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Nov 112 min read
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