At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Workers at Amazon-linked warehouses across Australia are set to hold protests on Thursday, as a major union warns broader strike action could follow later this year. Members of the Transport Workers’ Union of Australia (TWU) will stage pickets as the first step in a campaign aimed at improving conditions in the transport industry. TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine said the protests are

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A group of Australians stranded in the Middle East due to the escalating conflict has safely returned home, with an Emirates flight landing in Sydney late last night. Emirates flight EK414 departed Dubai International Airport on Tuesday morning and arrived at Sydney Airport just before 10.30pm (AEDT), carrying about 200 passengers. Many families gathered at the arrivals terminal to welcome

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 has appointed Dimuthu Samaranayake as the new Honorary Consul for South Australia. The official Commission of Appointment was handed over by Yasoja Gunasekera at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra on 4 March 2026. Samaranayake, a project management professional in the mining industry, is also actively involved in several Sri Lan

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian exporters are being hit with sharp new shipping fees as global carriers introduce “war risk” and “emergency conflict” surcharges linked to tensions in the Middle East. The added costs come after US and Israeli strikes on Iran and ongoing instability across the region. Some exporters are now paying up to US$4,000 (around A$5,600) extra per refrigerated container. French shipping

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා විසින් XIV වන ලියෝ පාප් වහන්සේට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණෙන ලෙස නිල ආරාධනයක් කර තිබේ. ඉතාලියේ නිල සංචාරයක නිරත අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා විසින් වතිකානුවේ රාජ්‍ය ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ උප ලේකම් මිහයිටා බ්ලාජ් පියතුමා වෙත මෙම ආරාධනය භාර දෙන ලදී. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Sri Lankans .

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia has endured 10 days of intense, record-breaking rain, with parts of the country drenched by months’ worth of rainfall in less than a fortnight. A rainfall map from Weatherzone shows totals of 100mm to 300mm between February 22 and March 3 across western NSW, northern Victoria, eastern and south-east South Australia, and much of the northern coastline. The Bureau of Meteorology sa

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. දිවයිනට දැනට පැමිණෙන සියලුම ජාත්‍යන්තර සංචාරකයින්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව, ආරක්ෂාව සහ යහපැවැත්ම සහතික කිරීම සඳහා කැපවී සිටින බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) නිවේදනය කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව, මැදපෙරදිග සිදුවෙමින් පවතින මිලිටරි උත්සන්න කිරීම් සහ ගුවන් අවකාශය වසා දැමීම් හේතුවෙන්, ඉරානය, ඉරාකය සහ අනෙකුත් මැදපෙරදිග රටවල ජාතිකයින්ට විශේෂයෙන් සඳහන් කරමින්, ශ්‍රී

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A rare “blood moon” will light up Australian skies tonight — and it won’t be seen here again until 2029. A blood moon is a total lunar eclipse. It happens when Earth moves between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow that turns the moon a deep red colour. The eclipse begins on the evening of March 3 and continues into the early hours of March 4. While total lunar eclipses are not extreme

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Weather experts are closely tracking several tropical lows forming north of Australia, with heavy rain expected across the north later this week. Two systems carry a moderate risk of developing into tropical cyclones. The lows are sitting within an active monsoon trough stretching across northern Australia. The setup is already delivering widespread showers and storms, especially along Que

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. මැදපෙරදිග පවතින අර්බුදයට සම්බන්ධ ගුවන් ගමන් අවලංගු කිරීම් හේතුවෙන් රටින් පිටවීමට නොහැකි විදේශීය අමුත්තන් සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය දින හතක නොමිලේ වීසා දීර්ඝ කිරීමක් නිවේදනය කර තිබේ. ආගමන හා විගමන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පැවසුවේ මෙම පියවර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රැඳී සිටින අතරතුර වීසා කල් ඉකුත් වන සියලුම විදේශීය ජාතිකයින්ට අදාළ වන බවයි. මෙම විධිවිධානය යටතේ, රැඳී සිටීමේ දඬු

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian drivers are being advised to fill up early as global oil prices face fresh pressure from rising tensions in the Middle East. Recent US and Israeli strikes on Iran have sparked fears of retaliation that could disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world’s most critical energy routes. The narrow waterway handles about one-fifth of global daily oil supply.

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australians are among thousands of passengers stranded as airspace closures across the Middle East trigger widespread flight disruptions. At least 1,200 flights were cancelled from Dubai International Airport today, a key hub for travellers heading between Australia and Europe. Airlines most affected include Emirates and Etihad, with schedules continuing to change. Several flights to and f

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Victoria will ban the use of “good character” references in sentencing for serious violent crimes, becoming the second Australian state to adopt the reform after New South Wales. The Victoria government says new laws will be introduced mid-year to stop offenders using personal testimonials to seek lighter sentences. The change follows concerns that such references retraumatise victims. Att

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) පහසුකම ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ නිල වශයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම ඊයේ (26) පස්වරුවේ කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළහි “සිල්ක් රූට්” මගී පර්යන්තයේදී සිදු කෙරුණි. එම උත්සවය ඉංජිනේරු එරංග වීරරත්න – ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික කටයුතු පිළිබඳ නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණි. මෙම Digital Nomad Visa පහසුකම, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පදිංචිව සිටිමින් මාර්ගගත ක්‍ර

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A major sinkhole has disrupted Sydney’s CBD, forcing a school closure and cutting water to nearby businesses after a burst pipe damaged a busy intersection. The hole opened at College Street and Prince Albert Road, near St Mary’s Cathedral. Students at St Mary’s Cathedral College were sent home as a safety precaution. Sydney Water shut off water to up to 10 nearby businesses while crews wo

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Virgin Australia is expanding its popular pets-in-cabin service, with demand from travellers far exceeding expectations. The airline is also preparing to welcome its 1,000th pet on board alongside its owner. The service will soon include new routes via Adelaide and Launceston, giving more pet owners the option to fly with their animals in the cabin. Virgin’s Chief Marketing and Customer Op

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 ඩිජිටල් පරිසරය විශාල ලෙස පුළුල් කිරීමේ අරමුණින්, 2030 වනවිට රටේ ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථිකය ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 30ක් දක්වා වර්ධනය කිරීමට වූ සම්පූර්ණ උපායමාර්ගයක් ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. ඊයේ (25) මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් ඉංජිනේරු එරංග වීරරත්න – ඩිජිටල් ආර්ථික නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා සඳහන් කළේ, මෙම වැඩසටහන මඟින් ජාතික ආ

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Flooding is spreading across four Australian states after days of intense rain from a rare weather system stalled over the country’s centre. An unusually slow-moving tropical low has hovered above Munga-Thirri (Simpson Desert) for much of the week. Some areas have recorded more than 100mm of rain in a single day — an exceptional amount for this region. According to Weatherzone, the system

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Melbourne Airport has announced a $4.5 billion expansion to prepare for rising passenger numbers at Australia’s busiest 24-hour airport. The upgrade will focus on the international terminal. Plans include larger check-in areas, expanded baggage halls, and five new aircraft stands. These will handle up to five widebody or eight narrowbody planes, giving airlines more flexibility to add rout

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. අද කොළඹදී පැවැත්වෙන T20 ලෝක කුසලානය සුපර් අටේ තීරණාත්මක තරඟයකදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම නවසීලන්තයට එරෙහිව තම මඟ නිවැරදි කරගැනීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක නිරත වීමට නියමිතය. සුපර් අටේ ආරම්භක තරඟයේ අසාර්ථක වීමෙන් පසු, අර්ධ අවසන් පූර්ව වටයට පිවිසීමේ අපේක්ෂා ජීවිතවත් තබා ගැනීම සඳහා මෙම තරඟය ජයගැනීම සත්කාරකයන්ට අනිවාර්ය වී ඇත. පෙර තරඟයේදී මන්දගාමී තණතිල්ලක් වූ පල්ලෙ