At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Rising fuel prices are pushing more Australians to consider electric vehicles, with new data showing a sharp increase in demand. Non-bank lender MONEYME reports a 90% jump in electric vehicle (EV) loan applications between February and March 2026. Over the past year, EV demand has surged by 270%. The shift comes as fuel prices continue to climb. Petrol costs have risen by around 30% since

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ජනතාව, ජීවිතාරක්ෂක ප්‍රජාව වන වික්ටෝරියා ජීවිතාරක්ෂක (LSV) සහ සැපයුම් සහකරු ට්‍රාන්ස්කෝ කාගෝ හි සහාය ඇතිව අඩි 40 ක ජීවිතාරක්ෂක සහ හදිසි ප්‍රතිචාර උපකරණ සහිත කන්ටේනරයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලබා දී ඇත. මෙම තොගයට ජීවිතාරක්ෂක ජැකට්, ගලවා ගැනීමේ නල, ගලවා ගැනීමේ පුවරු සහ අනෙකුත් පළමු ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වන උපකරණ ඇතුළත් වන අතර එය ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජීවිතාරක්ෂක

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Two developing cyclones near Australia could bring rough weather to parts of the region, with one posing a possible threat to Queensland. Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila is currently moving in the Solomon Sea between Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The Bureau of Meteorology says the system is heading toward north Queensland and could approach or cross the Cape York Peninsula over the w

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Household spending in Australia edged up by 0.3% in February 2026, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This follows a similar 0.3% increase in January, after a 0.5% drop in December. Compared to a year earlier, overall spending remains strong, rising 4.6%. Spending on non-essential items grew by 0.5%, driven by higher demand for entertainment such as concerts an

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Four astronauts on Artemis II have set a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth. At 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, the crew passed 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking the record set during Apollo 13. They are expected to reach about 252,756 miles at the mission’s peak before heading back. The six-day mission includes NASA

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A burst of winter like weather is set to hit south east Australia this week, bringing storms, strong winds, and a sharp drop in temperatures. In Melbourne, conditions will turn cooler and wetter. Temperatures are expected to fall from 27°C on Thursday to around 17°C over the weekend, with overnight lows near 10°C. Canberra will be even colder, with temperatures dropping to just 2°C early n

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ජාතික QR ගෙවීම් ප්‍රවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිය අද ආරම්භ වේ. ව්‍යාපෘතියේ සභාපතිත්වය ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා විසින් දරනු ලැබේ. ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශයට අනුව, අද සිට මූල්‍ය ආයතන රුපියල් 5,000 දක්වා සියලුම LankaQR ගනුදෙනු සඳහා වෙළෙන්දන් සඳහා සේවා ගාස්තුව සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ඉවත් කරනු ඇත. මෙම මුලපිරීම මගින් රට මුදල් රහිත ආර්ථිකයක් කරා ගෙන යාම අරමුණු කර ගෙන ඇත

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A large majority of Australians support the government’s temporary cut to fuel tax, according to new research. The federal government recently halved the fuel excise from 52.6 cents to 26.3 cents per litre for three months. The move came in response to rising global prices linked to the Iran conflict. A Roy Morgan survey of more than 2,500 adults found 83% backed the decision. How Australi

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ඈපා පාරම්පරික ජ්‍යොතිෂ්‍ය දැනුමෙන් ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ සෑම ප්‍රාන්තයකටම ගැලපෙන පරිදි සැකසූ නැකත් පත්‍රය එළිදැක්වේ. ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය අනන්‍යතාවය විදහා දක්වන ප්‍රධානතම සංස්කෘතික මංගල්‍යය වන සිංහල හා හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සැමරීමට ලෝකවාසී සියලුම ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් මේ වන විට සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටිති. විශේෂයෙන්ම, ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ වෙසෙන දහස් සංඛ්‍යාත අපේ දූ දරුවන්ට සහ ව

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Planning your Easter long weekend? Here’s a quick and clear guide to what’s open and closed so you’re not caught out. Shopping centres Westfield locations will be closed on Good Friday. They reopen Saturday, with some reduced hours. On Easter Sunday, centres in NSW and SA will mostly stay closed (except Tuggerah), while other states operate with limited hours. SA centres also remain closed

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. History has been made as NASA successfully launched its Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. The rocket lifted off from Florida at 9:38am AEDT, marking the first human mission to the Moon since Apollo 17. The crew includes Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. Hansen becomes the firs

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, north of Australia, raising concerns about possible tsunami waves. The United States Geological Survey reported the quake occurred at a depth of 35km, around 9:48am AEDST. It hit in the Molucca Sea, near islands including Ternate Island, about 130km away. Experts say the region is known for frequent seismic activity

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to rethink its gas export rules, with fresh calls for a new tax on overseas sales. New analysis from The Australia Institute suggests a 25% export tax could generate nearly $350 million per week, or around $17 billion annually. Economist Richard Denniss said the current system is costing Australians, arguing stronger taxation could better f

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 ලංකාවේ සංචාරක කර්මාන්තය නංවාලීම සඳහා තෝරාගත් රටවල් 39 ක විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්‍ර හිමියන්ට නොමිලේ සංචාරක වීසා ලබා දීමේ මාස හයක වැඩසටහනක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව හඳුන්වා දෙනු ඇත. 2025 ජූලි 21 වන දින පැවති කැබිනට් මණ්ඩල රැස්වීමේදී මෙම මුලපිරීම සඳහා අනුමැතිය ලබා දෙන ලදී. ආගමන හා විගමන පනත යටතේ, නොමිලේ වීසා නිකුත් කිරීම සඳහා නීති කෙටුම්පත්කරු විසින් සකස් කරන ලද

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Thousands of young Australians are set for higher wages after a major ruling by the Fair Work Commission. Under the decision, workers aged 18 to 20 in fast food, retail and pharmacy roles will gradually move to full adult pay if they have been in the job for more than six months. The change means eligible workers will receive 100% of the adult wage rate. It will be introduced in stages ove

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced sweeping changes that will remove surcharges on debit, prepaid and credit card payments. The ban will apply to networks including eftpos, Mastercard and Visa, and is expected to start from October 1, 2026. Consumers are tipped to save around $1.6 billion a year, while businesses could cut about $200 million in surcharge costs. RBA Governor Michel

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 ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවයේ සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකන් කේටරින් සමාගමේ සභාපති සරත් ගනේගොඩ මහතා 2026 මාර්තු 31 වන දින සිට බලපැවැත්වෙන පරිදි අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල දෙකෙන්ම ඉල්ලා අස්වීමේ ලිපිය භාර දී තිබේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවය පැවසුවේ, තාවකාලිකව, භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම් විසින් නව සභාපතිවරයෙකු පත් කරන තෙක් ඒ.කේ.ඩී.ඩී. ඩිමාල් අරන්දර මහතා ආයතන දෙකෙහිම වැඩබලන සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු ක

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Major platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube could face heavy penalties after Australia’s online safety regulator raised serious concerns. The eSafety Commissioner found “major gaps” in how these companies are enforcing the under-16 social media ban introduced last year. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said while some steps have been taken, many platforms are

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. දුම්රිය සේවය භාවිතා කරන සාම්ප්‍රදායික කඩදාසි ටිකට්පත් නව ඩිජිටල් පද්ධතියකින් ප්‍රතිස්ථාපනය කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර ඇත. ප්‍රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රසන්න ගුණසේන මහතා පවසන්නේ දුම්රිය ස්ථාන සඳහා නවීන ටිකට්පත් පරීක්ෂා කිරීමේ උපකරණ ද හඳුන්වා දී ඇති බවයි. මෙම මුලපිරීම දුම්රිය සේවාව නවීකරණය කිරීම සහ මගීන්ට වඩාත් පහසු සහ කාර්යක්ෂම අත්දැකීමක් ලබා

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The New South Wales Government has decided not to introduce free public transport, despite rising fuel costs putting pressure on households. State Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the move would be too costly and not a quick fix. He noted the government is monitoring the situation but won’t rush into what he called an expensive short-term decision. Transport Minister John Graham also confirme