At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Amazon is facing legal action in the Federal Court after Australia’s consumer watchdog accused the company of using unfair contract terms to introduce ads on Prime Video without offering refunds to affected subscribers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Amazon changed the service for more than 850,000 annual Prime subscribers in 2024, moving them to an ad-supp

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. More Australians are choosing to go without private hospital insurance and pay the Medicare levy surcharge instead. New figures from the Australian Taxation Office show the number of people paying the surcharge has increased by 15 per cent in the past year and 74 per cent over three years. The surcharge applies to higher-income earners who do not have private hospital cover. It adds an extr

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) පවසන පරිදි, 2026 ජනවාරි 01 සිට ජුනි 21 දක්වා කාලය තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සංචාරකයින් 1,104,354 ක් පැමිණ තිබේ. ඉන්දියාව 281,418 ක් පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එක්සත් රාජධානිය (104,751) සහ රුසියාව (76,963) දෙවන ස්ථානයේ සිටී. ජුනි මාසයේ මේ දක්වා සංචාරකයින් 82,332 ක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇති අතර, ඉන්දියාව, එක්සත් රාජධානිය සහ චීනය ප

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Western Australia is preparing for a wet and windy end to the week as a cold front brings heavy rain, storms and strong winds. After a short period of clear weather, conditions are expected to turn on Friday morning, with further rainfall and windy weather continuing into the weekend. Meteorologists say a low-pressure system linked to the cold front will bring cooler temperatures, showers a

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. Wellness travel is moving beyond traditional spa getaways. A new report shows more travellers are now prioritising full wellness experiences over standard holidays focused on relaxation alone. The State of Retreats 2026 report by BookRetreats.com, based on a survey of 1,040 US travellers, found that 49 per cent plan to spend on a wellness retreat this year. That places wellness retreats ahe

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී, ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ ෆයිසර් මුස්තාපා මහතා විසින් ළමුන්ගේ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වේදිකා භාවිතය සීමා කිරීම අරමුණු කරගත් පෞද්ගලික මන්ත්‍රී පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. “සමාජ මාධ්‍ය අවම වයස් සීමා පනත් කෙටුම්පත” (Social Media Minimum Age Bill) ලෙස නම් කර ඇති මෙම යෝජිත නීතිමය වැඩපිළිවෙළ මගින් වයස අව

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Australian Government has confirmed the permanent Migration Program planning level will remain at 185,000 places for the 2026–27 financial year, unchanged from the previous year. More than 70 per cent of places (132,240) will be allocated to the Skilled stream, focusing on migrants who can support Australia’s workforce and long-term economic needs. The government will also prioritise mi

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australians could face further mortgage pressure after new inflation data showed price growth remains higher than expected. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported annual inflation slowed to 4 per cent in May. However, underlying inflation closely watched by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased to 3.6 per cent, remaining above the RBA’s 2–3 per cent target range. Economists ha

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ඩිජිටල් වේදිකා භාවිතා කරමින් සේවා සපයන පුද්ගලයින් ලබන මස 1 වන දින සිට වැට් (අගය එකතු කළ බද්ද) ට යටත් වන බව මුදල් නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා පවසයි. මෙම පනත ඇතුළුව බදු සංශෝධන කිහිපයක් සඳහා ඊයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අනුමැතිය ලැබුණු බව ඔහු පැවසීය. බදු සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්මත වීමත් සමඟ එම බදු බලාත්මක වන බව ද නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. New Zealand is considering a nationwide visitor accommodation levy to help fund tourism infrastructure and support long-term growth in popular destinations. The proposal comes from Regional Tourism New Zealand, which represents 31 regional tourism organisations. The group says the levy could provide extra funding for projects such as infrastructure upgrades, events and community facilities.

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Greens have agreed to support the first stage of Labor’s tax reform package in the Senate, clearing a major hurdle for the legislation to pass into law. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026 includes a $1,000 instant tax deduction for workers and a $250 Working Australians Tax Offset. It also sets the framework for changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax dis

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. රටේ ඇඟලුම් ක්ෂේත්‍රය මුහුණ දී සිටින අභියෝග සඳහා කඩිනම් විසඳුම් හඳුනා ගැනීම සහ අපනයන මූලික කරගත් ආර්ථික වර්ධනය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම අරමුණු කරගත් ඉහළ පෙළේ සාකච්ඡාවක් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කළේ, මෙම සාකච්ඡාව සඳහා ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ ඇඟලුම් කර්මාන

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. NSW motorists are set to receive cost-of-living relief, with private vehicle registration fees to be cut by up to $100 under the state budget. The $435 million measure will apply to around 4.4 million vehicles, while motorcycle owners will receive an $80 registration discount. Caravans and trailers are not included. The government is also reducing the weekly toll cap from $60 to $50 for 12

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian authorities have uncovered the country’s largest-ever cocaine seizure, with 2.7 tonnes of the drug found hidden in an underground storage system in western Sydney. The cocaine, estimated to have a street value of around $816 million, was discovered inside three shipping containers at a property in Londonderry. Police say the drugs were concealed beneath false floors. Two men, age

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 කලාපයේ පවතින යුදමය ගැටුම් හේතුවෙන් ගෝලීය ආර්ථික අභියෝග මතු වී තිබුණද, මෙම වසරේ මුල් මාස හතර තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපනයන ක්ෂේත්‍රය 2025 වසරේ එම කාලසීමාවට සාපේක්ෂව සියයට 6ක වර්ධනයක් පෙන්නුම් කර ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය (Export Development Board – EDB) පවසයි. අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති මංගල විජේසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කළේ, මෙම වර්ධන ප්‍ර

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Millions of workers will receive a boost to their finances from July 1, with two major tax changes set to deliver an average saving of almost $500. The federal government’s latest budget confirmed a new $1,000 instant tax deduction for workers, allowing around 6.2 million taxpayers to reduce their taxable income without needing to provide receipts. The measure is expected to put about $205

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. E-bike thefts have surged across New South Wales, rising by more than 27 per cent in two years and now making up a significant share of all stealing offences in the state. New data shows thefts of motorised bicycles have climbed from 1,644 incidents two years ago to 2,080 in the year to March 2026, an increase of 436 cases. Authorities say e-bike thefts now account for almost 40 per cent of

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 අපනයන මත පැනවීමට යෝජිත නව ඇමරිකානු තීරුබදු බලපෑම වළක්වා ගැනීමේ අරමුණින්, බලහත්කාර ශ්‍රමය යොදා නිෂ්පාදනය කළ ආනයනික භාණ්ඩ හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා රේගු පරීක්ෂණ ක්‍රමවේද තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමටත්, ජාත්‍යන්තර කම්කරු ප්‍රමිතීන් ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමටත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සැලසුම් කර ඇති බව උසස් රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියෙක් ප්‍රකාශ කර තිබේ. එක්සත් ජනපදය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වි

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s ski season has begun on a disappointing note, with some alpine regions recording their lowest mid-June snow levels in more than 10 years. At Spencers Creek near Mount Kosciuszko, snow depth has fallen to zero, matching the poorest start to the season since 2016. Victorian resorts, including Mount Buller, are also experiencing below-average snowfall as warmer-than-usual condition

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The federal government has announced changes to its proposed capital gains tax reforms, offering additional relief for startup founders, employees, and early-stage investors. The move follows criticism from the startup and small business sectors, which warned the original plan could discourage investment and slow innovation. Under the revised approach, more small businesses will qualify for