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Australia Launches campaign for two-year UN Security Council seat
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia has officially launched its campaign for a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying Australia wants to play a greater role in addressing major global challenges. Mr Albanese launched the campaign in New York during the UN General Assembly, where world leaders are gathering for the annual meeting. Australia is campaign
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Businesses consider cash discounts as card surcharge ban approaches
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian businesses may start offering discounts to customers who pay with cash after new rules banning card payment surcharges take effect on October 1. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s surcharge ban will remove extra fees currently charged for many credit and debit card payments. The change is expected to save Australian consumers about $1.6 billion a year. However, small businesses that
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රියැදුරු බලපත්ර සඳහා වෛද්ය සහතික නිකුත් කිරීමට නව ඩිජිටල් ක්රමයක්...
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. රියැදුරු බලපත්ර ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා අවශ්ය වන වෛද්ය සහතික නිකුත් කිරීම සඳහා නව ඩිජිටල් පද්ධතියක් හඳුන්වාදීමට පියවර ගෙන තිබේ. මෙම නව පද්ධතිය හෙට සිට ක්රියාත්මක වන බව ජාතික ප්රවාහන වෛද්ය ආයතනයේ සභාපති මහාචාර්ය ක්ලිෆර්ඩ් පෙරේරා මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. නව ක්රමවේදය යටතේ ඕනෑම දුරකථන ජාලයක් ඔස්සේ වෛද්ය පරීක්ෂණ සඳහා දිනයක් හා වේලාවක් වෙන්කර ගැනීමට පුද්ගලයන්ට අ
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Major banks hike rates ahead of crucial RBA cash rate decision
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s major banks are moving ahead of an expected interest rate increase by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), with lenders already raising some home loan rates. All four major banks expect the RBA to lift the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.60 per cent at its September meeting. ANZ is also forecasting another increase in November, which would take the cash rate to 4.85 per
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Inflation, petrol and electricity costs squeeze Australian households further
At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian households are facing renewed financial pressure as higher fuel prices, rising interest rates, inflation and electricity costs combine to squeeze household budgets. Inflation has already prompted three interest rate increases this year, with the Reserve Bank of Australia expected to consider another rise at its next meeting. The Middle East conflict has also disrupted global oil
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Sri Lanka moves toward implementing out-of-country voting for citizens abroad
This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka is exploring how citizens living overseas could be given the opportunity to vote in future elections, with international election experts and regional officials sharing their experiences at a conference in Colombo. The event was jointly organised by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka and the International Foundation for Electoral Syste
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