At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australians are getting ready to farewell 2025 and welcome 2026, with celebrations planned nationwide. Here’s a clear snapshot of the New Year’s Eve forecast for major cities. Sydney Sydney Harbour will enjoy a pleasant night. Expect a high of 26°C, with some cloud and a slight chance of a brief shower. Any rain should be minimal. New Year’s Day will be cooler at around 24°C, with showers

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. With Christmas just around the corner, major shopping centres and retailers have confirmed their holiday opening hours. Here’s a simple guide to help you plan ahead. Westfield Christmas Eve (Dec 24):  Most centres close around 5–6pm Christmas Day:  Closed nationwide Boxing Day:  Reopens, with some centres trading late New Year’s Eve:  Hours vary by centre New Year’s Day:  Closed in NSW (ex

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The bystander who helped stop one of the attackers at Bondi Beach has spoken publicly for the first time from his hospital bed. Sydney shop owner Ahmed Al Ahmed has been praised for confronting and disarming a gunman during the deadly attack at the weekend. Video from the scene shows him rushing the attacker and knocking the weapon away after the shooter ran out of ammunition. In a short m

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has officially started monitoring and enforcing the country’s new minimum age of 16 for social media accounts. Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the policy is a major step forward for online safety, giving young people a break from addictive platform features and harmful content. She stressed that while the rule won’t solve every problem, it forms an impo

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Australia is providing an additional $2.5 million to support Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, increasing our total support to $3.5 million. As Sri Lanka continues to face the challenges of the cyclone and flooding, Australia is stepping up to help our close Indo-Pacific neighbour. This support will be delivered in coordination with Sri La

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. දැනට රටේ පවතින ව්‍යසන තත්ත්වයෙන් ආපදාවට පත් වූ ජනතාව වෙත අත්‍යවශ්‍ය භාණ්ඩ පරිත්‍යාග කිරීම සඳහා විදෙස් රටවල්, සංවිධාන, පුද්ගලයින් මෙන්ම විදෙස්ගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින් විසින් විවිධ විමසීම් කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව, ඔවුන් මෙරටට එවනු ලබන භාණ්ඩමය ආධාර සියලු තීරුබදු සහ ගාස්තුවලින් (Import Taxes and levies) තොරව කඩිනමින් නිශ්කාෂණය කර බෙදා හැරීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය වඩා පහසු ක්‍රමවේදයක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර තිබේ. පරිත

The Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka  has announced a significant funding commitment to support disaster response and recovery efforts following the ongoing impacts of Cyclone Ditwah . In an official statement issued in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka , the High Commission confirmed that Australia is committing AUD 1 million  for immediate action. The funding is designated to provide urgent relief  for communities severely affected by the c

දිත්වා සුළි කුණාටුව නිසා ඇතිවූ ගංවතුර, නාය යාම් සහ ආපදා වලින් මේ මොහොතේ විපතට පත්ව සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයින්ට සහයෝගයක් වන්නේ කෙසේදැයි විදෙස් රටක ජීවත් වන ඔබ සිතනවා ඇති! විදෙස් රට වල ජීවත් වන්නවුන්ට, මේ මොහොතේ ලංකාවේ විපතට පත් වූවන්ට කෙරෙන්නාවූ සහනාධාර වෙනුවෙන් මූල්‍යමය සහයෝගයක් ලබා දීමට හැකි වන පරිදි ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය විසින් විශේෂ බැංකු ගිණුමක් ජනගත කර තිබෙනවා. පහතින් දැක්වෙන්නේ ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය මගින් නිකුත් කල නිවේදනයයි - Latest Update - ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය වෙතින් නිකුත් කළ න

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයට (DMC) අනුව, " Ditwah" සුළි කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් පුද්ගලයින් 56 දෙනෙකු මියගොස් 21 දෙනෙකු අතුරුදහන් වී ඇති අතර 14 දෙනෙකු තුවාල ලබා ඇත. ආන්තික කාලගුණික තත්ත්වයන් හේතුවෙන් පවුල් 12,313 කට අයත් පුද්ගලයින් 43,991 දෙනෙකු පීඩාවට පත්ව ඇති බව ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානය වාර්තා කරයි. කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් දිස්ත්‍රික්ක කිහිපයක නිවාස හතරක් ස

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Western Australia has honoured its top scientific talent at the 24th Premier’s Science Awards — and Sri Lankan oceanographer Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi has taken home one of the night’s biggest titles. Professor Pattiaratchi won the People’s Choice Award, earning an impressive 7,880 votes from colleagues and supporters across the scientific

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Melbourne is set for its biggest Sri Lankan celebration yet as Lankan Fest marks its 10th anniversary this Sunday, 16 November, at Crown Riverwalk.The milestone event celebrates a decade of culture, unity, and community pride — and honours the Sri Lankan Australians who continue to inspire the next generation. This year introduces the Luminary Awards , recognising ten outstanding Sri Lanka

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Elite Cricket Centre officially opened its doors to the public on 8 November 2025, offering a world-class indoor facility designed for players of all levels. The centre features eight long run-up, international-standard training lanes with premium synthetic turf, four JUGS bowling machines, one Bola machine with auto-feeder and one leather ball machine to enhance precision and performance.

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Victoria has been named Australia’s hardest state to do business in for the second year in a row, according to the Business Council of Australia’s 2025 report. The state ranked eighth overall, with the report pointing to high property and payroll taxes and heavy licensing rules as major hurdles for businesses — despite recent planning reforms aimed at speeding up housing approvals. In cont

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Australian education continues to be a cornerstone of Sri Lanka’s development, helping shape the skilled workforce needed for its future economy. Speaking in Colombo at the 10th Anniversary of the Monash College–UCL partnership, Australian High Commissioner Matthew Duckworth highlighted education as one of the strongest and most trusted links be

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. මාස කිහිපයක ඵලදායී ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සාකච්ඡාවලින් පසුව, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව - ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ අපනයන මූල්‍ය ණය සහන ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් කර ඇති අතර එහි වටිනාකම ආසන්න වශයෙන් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 60 කි. මෙම ගිවිසුම අද කොළඹ මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේදී නිල වශයෙන් අත්සන් කරන ලදී. මුදල්, සැලසුම් සහ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් ආචාර්ය හර්ෂණ සූරියප්පෙරුම සහ ඕස්ට්‍

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. Meta has confirmed it’s cutting around 600 jobs across its Artificial Intelligence (AI) teams, even as it ramps up hiring for its superintelligence research lab. The cuts affect Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) division, along with product-focused AI and AI infrastructure teams. However, its TBD Lab, which leads development of advanced AI m

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