At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is set for a dramatic weather shift, with widespread rain and storms expected across every state and territory in the coming days. Forecasters say large amounts of moisture have built up over northern and central parts of the country. This is likely to trigger unsettled conditions from the weekend and possibly into next week, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms. Flooding is a r

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Octopus Australia is expanding its renewable energy portfolio with two major new projects, including what is set to become the largest battery in the country. The company will develop the Hanworth Battery Energy Storage System in New South Wales and the Dunmore Solar Farm and Battery project in Queensland. When complete, the Hanworth battery near Bannaby in NSW will have a capacity of 1.2

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Fire crews from interstate are joining South Australian firefighters as a large bushfire continues to burn out of control south of Adelaide. The blaze has been tearing through scrubland on the Fleurieu Peninsula since Sunday. At least three structures have been destroyed, and several homes have come under threat. Authorities say conditions remain tough, with steep terrain, thick vegetation

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. තායිලන්තයේ සිට සංචාරකයින් 2,117 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් කණ්ඩායමක් අද හම්බන්තොට ජාත්‍යන්තර වරායට මුහුදු මාර්ගයෙන් පැමිණියහ. යාල, උඩවලව, කතරගම සහ හම්බන්තොට උද්භිද උද්‍යාන නැරඹීමෙන් පසු සංචාරකයින් ආපසු පැමිණෙන තෙක් නෞකාව දිනකට වරායේ නැංගුරම් ලා තිබුණි. රුහුණු සංචාරක කාර්යාංශය සහ මහ නගර සභාව සංචාරකයින් කණ්ඩායමට පෞද්ගලික අංශය හරහා ප්‍රවාහන පහසුකම් සැපයීමට පි

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Southeastern Australia has recorded its driest January in 17 years, continuing a very dry start to the summer season. Rainfall across the region was well below normal, marking the second-driest start to a year since 1965. On average, weather stations reported about 23mm less rain than usual for January. Large parts of Victoria, South Australia, southern NSW and northern Tasmania saw signif

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. යුනෙස්කෝ ලෝක උරුම ස්ථානයක් (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ලෙස පිළිගත් නකල්ස් වනාන්තර ආරක්ෂිත ප්‍රදේශයේ (Knuckles Forest Reserve) රිවර්ස්ටන් සංචාරක කලාපය, ඩිට්වා (Ditwah) සුළි කුණාටුව හේතුවෙන් සිදුවූ හානි නිසා තාවකාලිකව වසා තැබූ පසු, දේශීය සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර සංචාරකයන් සඳහා යළි විවෘත කර ඇත. රත්තොට සහ ලග්ගල සිට දැඩි ලෙස හානි වූ මාර්ග මාස දෙකක් ඇතුළත සම්පූ

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A tropical low over central NT is lingering near the eastern Gregory region today. It’s expected to drift west over the next couple of days. Intense rainfall is forecast tonight across the south-western Carpentaria, eastern Gregory, north-western Barkly and northern Tanami districts. Downpours could bring 80–100mm within six hours, with isolated totals reaching 120mm. Rain may persist into

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s heatwave isn’t just a daytime problem. Hot nights are also creating serious health risks. While daytime temperatures have pushed close to 50°C in parts of Victoria, NSW, South Australia, the ACT and Queensland, overnight conditions have stayed above 34°C in some areas. Marree in northern SA recorded two nights in a row at that level after daytime highs above 48°C. In Adelaide,

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. වයස අවුරුදු 12 ට අඩු ළමුන් සඳහා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වෙත ප්‍රවේශය සීමා කිරීම පිළිබඳව රජය සලකා බලමින් සිටින බව කාන්තා හා ළමා කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය සරෝජා සවිත්‍රි පෝල්රාජ් මහත්මිය පැවසුවාය. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දැනටමත් සාකච්ඡා ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව ඇය පැවසුවාය. සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වේදිකා වෙත ප්‍රවේශ වීම තහනම් කිරීමේ පියවර සමඟින්, වයස අවුරුදු 12 ට අඩු ළමුන් සඳහා ජංගම දුරකථන භාවිතය සම

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 Day was marked with a special reception at the Australian High Commissioner’s Residence on 23 January. The event was hosted by the Australian High Commissioner and brought together guests from government and the private sector. Housing, Construction and Water Supply Minister Dr. Susil Ranasignhe attended as Chief Guest. The evening hig

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. 2026 වසරේ මේ දක්වා සංචාරකයින් 223,645 දෙනෙකු මෙරටට පැමිණ ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ (SLTDA) දත්ත පෙන්වා දෙයි. SLTDA විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද දත්ත වලට අනුව, ඉන්දියාවෙන් සංචාරකයින් 41,603 දෙනෙකු පැමිණ ඇති අතර එය 19.0% කි. තවද, මෙම වසරේ මේ දක්වා එක්සත් රාජධානියෙන් පුද්ගලයින් 23,329 ක්, රුසියාවෙන් 22,876 ක්, ජර්මනියෙන් 14,431 ක් සහ ප්‍රං

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Australian dollar climbed sharply overnight, reaching its strongest level against the US dollar since February 2023. It was trading around US70.11 cents, up about 1.4%. The move comes as the US dollar weakens broadly. Analysts say global uncertainty and the slide in the greenback are helping lift the Aussie. The rise also comes just before Australia’s latest inflation data, due at 11:3

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Parts of Victoria are enduring extreme temperatures, marking the hottest day since the 2009 Black Saturday fires. Several towns recorded temperatures above 48°C, while parts of Melbourne reached 45°C. The heat is worsening already severe fire conditions. Authorities have declared extreme fire danger, warning of fast-moving and unpredictable blazes as a major wind change sweeps across the 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. 2025 දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මුළු අපනයන ආදායම ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 17,252.15 ක් ලෙස වාර්තා වී ඇති අතර එය 2024 දී වාර්තා වූ සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන ඉක්මවා ගොස් ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගු දත්ත පෙන්වා දෙයි. ඒ අනුව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපනයන අංශය 2025 දී එහි ධනාත්මක වර්ධන වේගය අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වා ගෙන ගිය අතර එය 5.6% ක කැපී පෙනෙන වාර්ෂික වර්ධනයක් වාර්තා කළ බව අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය (EDB)

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Communities in southwest Victoria are being told to leave immediately as fast-moving bushfires burn out of control during a severe heatwave. A statewide total fire ban is active, with temperatures forecast to surge close to 50°C on Tuesday. Authorities warn worsening heat and strong winds could make fires unpredictable and impossible to contain in some areas. Evacuation orders Emergency wa

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Melbourne will host a community event to celebrate Sri Lanka’s 78th Independence Day, uniting the Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia in recognition of national pride. The celebration will be held on Wednesday, 4 February 2026, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Victoria. The event will commemorate Sri Lanka’s i

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Australian dollar has climbed to its highest level in roughly 16 months, marking another strong start to 2026 for the currency, as fresh jobs data and market pricing sharply boost expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may raise interest rates sooner than previously anticipated. The AUD/USD pair recently neared 0.685 US cents, its strongest since late 2024, and showed re

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ලෝක බැංකු සමූහයට (World Bank Group) අයත් ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය සංස්ථාව (International Finance Corporation – IFC) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පෞද්ගලික අංශය ශක්තිමත් කිරීමත්, ආර්ථික ස්ථාවරීකරණයෙන් දිගුකාලීන, තිරසාර වර්ධනය වෙත මාරුවීමට සහාය දීමත් අරමුණු කරගත්, ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 166ක (USD 166 million) ඉහළ බලපෑම් ආයෝජන වැඩසටහනක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. රට මට්ටමින් සකස

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia Day is being marked across the country with celebrations, ceremonies and community events, as the Prime Minister urges Australians to focus on unity. Anthony Albanese says the national day is a chance to recognise shared values and the diverse backgrounds that shape modern Australia. He noted the importance of welcoming new citizens while also acknowledging the deep history of Fi

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. මෙම වසරේ ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.5 ක විදේශ සෘජු ආයෝජන ආකර්ෂණය කර ගැනීම තම අරමුණ බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය පවසයි. මෙම වසරේ ආයෝජන කළඹට සිනොපෙක් විසින් තෙල් පිරිපහදු කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘති මෙන්ම කුළුබඩු සහ කෘෂිකාර්මික සැකසුම්, දත්ත මධ්‍යස්ථාන සහ මාර්ගගත විශේෂ ආර්ථික කලාප ඇතුළත් බව ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති අර්ජුන හේරත් පැවසීය. පසුගිය වසරේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඇමරිකා