This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. International military officers are continuing to strengthen regional defence ties through joint training at the Sri Lanka Army War College in Buttala. Australian Army Major Martin Hadley, Pakistan Army Major Muhaymin Maneka, and Maldives National Defence Force Captain Hassan Rasheed are currently taking part in the Junior Officers Course alongsid

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. North Sydney Council is planning to introduce new fees for weddings, gender reveal parties, pop-up picnics and large gatherings held in public parks. Under the proposal, event charges could range from $10 to $2000 depending on the location, group size and type of event. The changes would apply to 23 council-managed parks and reserves from July 1 if approved next month. Popular harbourside s

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 දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 1 කට අධික බදු ආදායමක් රැස් කිරීමේ සන්ධිස්ථානය පසුකර ඇති අතර එය රටේ මූල්‍ය ස්ථාවරත්වය සහ මහජන සේවාවන් සඳහා සැලකිය යුතු ජයග්‍රහණයක් සනිටුහන් කරයි. 2026 මැයි 21 වන දින දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද නිල ප්‍රකාශයකට අනුව, 2026 මැයි 18 වන දින මෙම සන්ධිස්ථානයට ළඟා විය. "රටේ මූල්

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. South-eastern Australia is set for a burst of winter weather next week, with forecasts warning of heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and possible snow. Weather experts say two cold air systems moving across southern Australia will bring a major shift after several calm days. The first system is already moving through parts of Western Australia and South Australia before reaching the so

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian drivers could face higher petrol prices from July, with the federal government yet to decide whether it will extend the temporary fuel tax cut. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will review the measure closer to June 30, when the current fuel excise reduction is due to end. The temporary cut has lowered petrol prices by around 26 cents per litre since April, sav

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. රැකියා අරමුණු සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණෙන විදේශීය ශ්‍රමිකයින් නියාමනය කිරීමේ අරමුණින් “ප්‍රවේශ ශ්‍රම සංක්‍රමණ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය” (Inbound Labour Migration Policy) සකස් කිරීමට රජය තීරණය කර ඇති බව අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල තීරණවල සඳහන් වේ. ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් සඳහා විදේශ රැකියා අවස්ථා කළමනාකරණය කිරීම කෙරෙහි මෙතෙක් අවධානය යොමු කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ, වර්තමානයේ ක්ෂේත්‍ර කිහිපයකම

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia may be one of the world’s wealthiest countries, but many households are still feeling financial pressure. Economists say rising household debt is a major reason why many Australians feel financially stretched, despite the country’s strong economy. Australia currently has one of the highest household debt levels globally, mainly driven by expensive housing and large mortgages. Aver

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Several Victorian roads will soon be part of new 30km/h speed limit trials under the state government’s road safety program. Melbourne’s famous Chapel Street is among the locations set for lower speed limits, with Stonnington Council receiving $331,000 to roll out the trial along Chapel St, Ewart St and Osborne Ave. An additional $64,000 has been allocated for a broader 30km/h trial across

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. මේ දක්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි සංචාරකයින් සංඛ්‍යාව 950,000 ඉක්මවා ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) පැවසීය. ඒ අනුව, 2026 ජනවාරි 1 සිට මැයි 17 දක්වා කාලය තුළ සංචාරකයින් 951,742 ක් මෙරටට පැමිණ තිබේ. ඉන්දියාවෙන් වැඩිම සංචාරකයින් සංඛ්‍යාවක් පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එම සංඛ්‍යාව 221,953 ක් බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) සඳහන් කළේය. එක

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s top medical body is urging families to check their diphtheria vaccinations as the country faces its largest outbreak in decades. More than 220 cases have now been confirmed across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia. One person in the NT has died, with investigations continuing into the exact cause. The Australian Medical Association warned

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Albanese government may need Greens support to pass its major housing tax reforms, but the minor party says the changes do not go far enough. Greens Senator Barbara Pocock said a parliamentary inquiry into housing inequality heard strong evidence that younger Australians are still being locked out of the property market, while older generations continue to benefit from existing tax sett

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. විදේශ කටයුතු, විදේශ රැකියා හා සංචාරක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ කොන්සියුලර් කටයුතු අංශය නිවේදනය කර සිටියේ, ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික ලේඛන සහතික කිරීමේ පද්ධතියේ (Electronic Document Attestation System - e-DAS) ඇති වූ අනපේක්ෂිත තාක්ෂණික දෝෂයක් හේතුවෙන් සියලුම ලේඛන සහතික කිරීමේ සේවා නැවත දැනුම් දෙන තුරු තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවා ඇති බවයි. මෙම තාවකාලික අත්හිටුවීම බත්තරමුල්ලේ පිහිටි කොන්සියුලර් කටයුතු අංශයේ ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලයට ම

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’s 1996 Cricket World Cup champions were celebrated in style at the Royal Selangor Cricket Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during a special 30th Anniversary exhibition match held on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The Sri Lanka Legends side featured iconic players including Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatu

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A loophole in the federal government’s negative gearing reforms could allow millions of Australian homeowners to still access property tax benefits after the rules change in 2027. Under the new policy, negative gearing will mainly apply only to newly built homes, super funds, and properties purchased before budget night. However, existing owner-occupiers who bought their home before the ann

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ (IMF) විස්තීර්ණ අරමුදල් පහසුකම (EFF) යටතේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පිළිබඳ පස්වන සහ හයවන සමාලෝචන මැයි 27 වන දින ඇගයීම සඳහා IMF විධායක මණ්ඩලයට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට නියමිතය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මේ දක්වා ආර්ථික ප්‍රගතිය සහ එහි මූල්‍ය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වැඩසටහනේ සාර්ථකත්වය මණ්ඩලය විසින් සමීපව පරීක්ෂා කරනු ඇත. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ (IMF) විධායක මණ්ඩලය ව

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian businesses are becoming more cautious about hiring as economic pressure and rising costs continue to weigh on employers. New research from Employment Hero shows job growth stalled in April, with overall employment slipping slightly after three months of steady gains. At the same time, casual work is rising rapidly, increasing 11 per cent over the past year more than double the p

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia has secured three additional diesel shipments equal to 900,000 barrels to strengthen fuel supplies across several states. The deliveries will support South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria as the government works to protect fuel availability amid global uncertainty. The shipments were arranged through partnerships involving the federal government, Export Finance Austra

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ගෝලීය ඩිජිටල් ගෙවීම් වේදිකාවක් වන PayPal, අද සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෙහෙයුම් ආරම්භ කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන අතර, දේශීය පරිශීලකයින් සඳහා පුළුල් සහයෝගයක් වර්ධනය වන බවට ඇඟවීම් මධ්‍යයේ. ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පරිශීලකයින්ට විදේශ සේවා සහ මාර්ගගත මිලදී ගැනීම් සඳහා ගෙවීම් ඇතුළුව PayPal හරහා ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෙවීම් කිරීමට හැකි වනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරන අතර, දේශීයව නිකුත් කරන ලද හර සහ ක්‍

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Adelaide is set to receive its heaviest rainfall of 2026 as a slow-moving weather system brings much needed rain to the city. The Bureau of Meteorology expects up to 20mm of rain today and another 15mm tomorrow, with lighter showers continuing into next week. Some forecasts suggest total rainfall could reach 40mm. The rain comes after months of unusually dry conditions across Adelaide and n

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Coles has been found guilty of misleading shoppers with fake discount promotions after a major court ruling in Australia. The Federal Court ruled that several products advertised under the supermarket’s “Down Down” campaign were not genuine discounts. In many cases, prices had first been increased before being reduced slightly and promoted as special savings. One example involved dog food t