At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. South Australia is facing a major escalation in its bird flu outbreak after more than 1,000 crested terns died in three mass mortality events on remote offshore islands. The deaths were recorded on Troubridge Island, off Yorke Peninsula, and North Page and South Page islands, near Kangaroo Island. Premier Peter Malinauskas said the deaths were a serious development. South Australia has now

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Origin Energy has revealed that up to 60 customers had their full bank account numbers accessed during a major cyberattack in July. The breach affected around 900,000 current and former customers. Information accessed included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and other personal details. For some customers, the stolen information also included the last four digits of a credit

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Veteran Sri Lankan singer Nanda Malini has died at the age of 82, according to family sources. She passed away at her home in Nawala. Born on August 23, 1943, in Lewanduwa, Aluthgama, Nanda Malini showed her musical talent from an early age and went on to become one of Sri Lanka’s most respected vocalists. She began her musical journey after movin

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. More than 5.3 million Australians will receive higher social security payments each fortnight from September 20, as payments are adjusted for inflation. The maximum Age Pension will increase by $36.80 to $1,237.70 per fortnight for singles, while couples will receive up to $1,866, an increase of $55.60. JobSeeker payments for people without children will rise by $16.20 to $833.70 per fortni

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 preparing to introduce a fully digital system for paying traffic fines from September, allowing motorists to settle fines for motor vehicle offences through online platforms. The system is part of the government’s wider digital transformation programme. Officials say the necessary arrangements are already in place for the new payment

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s combined federal, state and territory debt is forecast to reach $2.034 trillion by 2029-30, putting growing pressure on government budgets and taxpayers. New analysis from the independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) shows state and territory debt could rise to $770.9 billion by the end of the decade, while Commonwealth debt is expected to reach about $1.2 trillion. Interes

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Property prices across regional Australia fell 0.1 per cent in the three months to July, as the national housing slowdown began to affect areas outside the major cities. New data from Cotality shows the regional decline was modest compared with a 2.5 per cent fall across the combined capital cities over the same period. Three interest rate increases since the start of 2026, along with propo

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 සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) විසින් නිකුත් කළ නවතම දත්ත අනුව, අගෝස්තු මාසයේ පළමු දින 16 තුළ සංචාරකයන් 113,307 දෙනෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ තිබේ. මෙම කාලසීමාව තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වැඩිම සංචාරකයන් පිරිසක් පැමිණ ඇත්තේ ඉන්දියාවෙනි. ඒ අනුව, ඉන්දීය ජාතිකයන් 25,355 දෙනෙකු මෙරටට පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එය සමස්ත සංචාරක පැමිණීම්වලින් ආසන්න වශයෙන් 22%ක් වේ. මේ

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is heading into a higher-risk bushfire season, with most states and territories expected to face increased fire danger this spring. The latest seasonal outlook from the Australian and New Zealand Council for Fire and Emergency Services (AFAC) shows elevated risk across every jurisdiction except the ACT. Dry conditions across parts of eastern Australia and heavy vegetation growth i

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Sydney Airport is facing growing safety concerns after three aircraft incidents in just three weeks, with a former pilot warning that failing to address problems quickly could have serious consequences. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the latest incident, which occurred on August 9 when a Qantas aircraft began crossing a runway while a Virgin Australia flight

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. විදේශගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයන් තමන් නීත්‍යනුකූලව උපයාගත් විදේශ ආදායම් විධිමත් බැංකු පද්ධතිය හරහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එවීමේදී බදු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අනවශ්‍ය බියක් ඇති කරගත යුතු නොවන බව දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව (IRD) අවධාරණය කරයි. බදු අරමුණු සඳහා අදාළ නිර්ණායක සපුරාලන පුද්ගලයකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බදු නේවාසිකයකු ලෙස සැලකෙන බව ඔහු පැවසීය. එවැනි පුද්ගලයන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s protection against measles may be weaker than previously thought, with new research estimating about 1.7 million people were not adequately protected against the virus in 2019. The study, led by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, found that 93.3 per cent of Australians had measles immunity at the time. That is within the World Health Organization’s t

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s housing crisis has been decades in the making, with migration and construction policies moving in opposite directions. Since the 1990s, Australia progressively opened temporary migration, while housing construction became more tightly regulated through building codes, planning rules and energy standards. A major turning point came in 2001, when international students gained a cl

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Vietnam Airlines has launched direct flights between Vietnam and Sri Lanka, with its first service arriving at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake. The Airbus A320, operating as flight VN-671 from Ho Chi Minh City, landed at 11.02 p.m. on August 16 and received a traditional water salute. The inaugural flight carried 164 passeng

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A strong high-pressure system is bringing cold mornings, fog and rain across parts of south-east Australia. Tasmania and Victoria are feeling the chill, with Melbourne dropping to 6°C on Sunday and Hobart reaching 3°C. Liawenee in Tasmania recorded a low of -4.7°C. Fog and frosty mornings are expected to continue in the coming days. Meanwhile, rain is affecting the NSW coastline and south-e

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Tasmania has confirmed its second case of H5 bird flu, after the virus was detected in a crested tern on King Island. The bird was found near Currie on Thursday and tested positive overnight. It was reported through the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline. Two more crested terns from the same area have since been reported. Their test results are expected on Saturday. Tasmanian authorities say

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 Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will begin the process this month to attract investors for the exploration and use of natural gas resources in the Mannar Basin. CPC Managing Director Dr. Mayura Neththikumara said the presence of natural gas in the basin has been scientifically confirmed by the Sri Lanka Petroleum Development Authority. The

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) was not notified about the latest Sydney Airport safety incident until four days after it happened. The incident occurred on Sunday and became the third aircraft-related safety scare at the airport in less than two weeks. A Virgin Australia flight was preparing to take off when its pilots saw a Qantas aircraft crossing the runway. Both movements

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Sydney’s eastern suburbs are expected to take the biggest share of new housing over the next 20 years under a new NSW Government plan. The Sydney Plan aims to accommodate an additional 1.3 million people by 2046, while creating around 800,000 new homes and 950,000 jobs. Planning Minister Paul Scully said the strategy would focus on building more homes around existing infrastructure rather t

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. මත්පැන් බෝතල් සඳහා ඩිජිටල් සුරක්ෂිත ස්ටිකර් හඳුන්වා දී තිබුණද, එම ක්‍රමය හරහා රජයේ බදු ආදායම සැලකිය යුතු මට්ටමකින් ඉහළ ගොස් නොමැති බව නිලධාරීහු පාර්ලිමේන්තු රාජ්‍ය මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව (CoPF) හමුවේ ප්‍රකාශ කළහ. සුරාබදු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරීන් රාජ්‍ය මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව හමුවට කැඳවා තිබූ අවස්ථාවේදී මෙම කරුණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමු කෙරිණි. ඩිජ