At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s minimum wage will rise by 5.97 per cent from July 1, while workers on minimum award wages will receive a 4.75 per cent pay increase following the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review. The new national minimum wage will increase to $26.44 per hour, or $1,004.90 per week for full-time workers. The changes are expected to benefit millions of Australians, including nearly 2.8 m

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s housing market lost momentum in May, with national home values remaining largely unchanged as rising interest rates, weaker consumer confidence and proposed property tax reforms continue to affect buyer demand. New data from Cotality showed Sydney and Melbourne recorded the biggest declines, with home values falling 0.9 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively. Canberra also poste

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 and Australia have taken steps to strengthen bilateral relations through a series of high-level diplomatic discussions focused on trade, tourism, parliamentary cooperation and diaspora engagement. The talks were held between Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath and Australian parliamentary representatives, including member

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Powerful winds reaching up to 100km/h are set to hit South Australia on Monday after severe weather caused widespread damage across Western Australia over the weekend. The storm system tore down trees and power lines in WA, triggered hundreds of emergency calls and left thousands of homes without electricity. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for South Australia,

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 වරාය අධිකාරිය (SLPA) ඉදිරි වසර එක සිට තුන දක්වා කාලය තුළ ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 2 දක්වා ළඟා විය හැකි අභිලාෂකාමී ආයෝජන නල මාර්ගයක් එළිදක්වා ඇති අතර, එය රටේ සමුද්‍රීය හා සැපයුම් අංශය පරිවර්තනය කිරීම අරමුණු කර ගෙන ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජර්මානු කර්මාන්ත හා වාණිජ නියෝජිත කණ්ඩායම (AHK Sri Lanka) විසින් ඊයේ කොළඹ පැවති 2026 ශ්‍රී ලංකා-ජර්මානු ව්‍යාපා

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Heavy rain and storms impacting eastern Australia's coast are expected to ease by this afternoon, leading into a sunny weekend. The Queensland and NSW coasts, along with inland regions, have experienced significant rainfall this week due to a low-pressure system off the coast. Key rainfall amounts include up to 80mm in southeastern Queensland and 70mm in NSW's Central Coast. Weather forecas

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Albanese Government has introduced major tax reform legislation to parliament, combining changes to capital gains tax, negative gearing, worker tax relief and housing measures into a single bill. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the package aims to reduce taxes for workers, support first-home buyers and reshape how income from assets is taxed. The bill includes the proposed capital gains tax

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Sri Lanka High Commission in Canberra has officially launched the Sri Lanka–Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group, marking another step forward in strengthening ties between the two countries. More than 25 Australian Federal MPs and Senators from across the political spectrum attended the event on 26 May 2026, highlighting strong bipartisan

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of New South Wales as heavy rain and thunderstorms impact several regions across the state. The Bureau of Meteorology says the Hunter and Mid North Coast areas could see intense rainfall over the coming hours, with severe storms also possible across the north-east. Rainfall totals of 20mm to 40mm are expected in many areas, while slow-movin

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s inflation rate eased slightly in the year to April 2026, offering some positive signs for households and financial markets. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show annual inflation slowed to 4.2 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent in March. However, underlying inflation closely watched by the Reserve Bank of Australia edged up to 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent. Th

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 අරමුදල අද, 2026 මැයි 27 වන දින, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විස්තීර්ණ අරමුදල් පහසුකම (EFF) වැඩසටහනේ පස්වන සහ හයවන සමාලෝචන පිළිබඳව තීරණය කිරීම සඳහා එහි විධායක මණ්ඩලයට නියම කර ඇත. මෙය ඉතා අවශ්‍ය මූල්‍යකරණයෙන් දළ වශයෙන් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 700 ක් විවෘත කළ හැකි පියවරකි. මණ්ඩලය සමාලෝචන දෙකම අනුමත කළහොත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව IMF ගිවිසුම යටතේ හයවන සහ හත්වන

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A new university alliance has been launched in Australia with a major goal helping 80 per cent of working-age Australians gain a tertiary qualification by 2050. Known as the 2050 Alliance, the group brings together nine universities from metropolitan, regional and outer suburban areas across the country. It replaces the former Innovative Research Universities (IRU) network. The alliance was

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Victoria residents will soon pay half-price fares on public transport under a major temporary travel discount announced by the state government. From 1 June 2026 until 1 January 2027, fares on trains, trams and buses across Victoria will be reduced by 50 per cent for all passengers. The discount applies automatically statewide, including for concession card holders, whose already reduced fa

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Millions of Australians are set to receive some relief on their electricity bills, with energy prices expected to fall in several states from July 1, 2026. The Australian Energy Regulator has confirmed lower default electricity prices for households in NSW and south-east Queensland. NSW customers are expected to save between 3.4 and 5 per cent, while bills in south-east Queensland will drop

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Heavy rain and stormy weather are expected to affect every Australian state and territory over the coming days, with south-eastern regions likely to see the heaviest falls. According to Weatherzone, a combination of low-pressure systems and colder upper-level air is creating unstable conditions across much of the country. Rain, thunderstorms and strong winds have already impacted South Aust

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Melbourne has invited the Sri Lankan community and friends of Sri Lanka to join its official Vesak 2026 commemorations. The event will celebrate the sacred Buddhist festival of Vesak, bringing Sri Lankan cultural and spiritual traditions to Victoria. The main programme will be held on Saturday, 30 May 2026 at

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 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, the Hon. Vijitha Herath, will host an open community dialogue with Sri Lankans in Melbourne this coming Sunday, 31 May, at Springvale City Hall. The event, scheduled from 2.30 PM to 5.00 PM, is being held at 18 Grace Park Ave, Springvale, and is open to members of the Sri Lan

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s immigration debate is back in focus, with Opposition Leader Angus Taylor proposing a plan to link migration levels to the number of new homes built each year. The idea has drawn comparisons to Australia’s long history of population planning, dating back to the post-war “populate or perish” policy introduced by former immigration minister Arthur Calwell in 1945. Under the Coaliti

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව (CBSL) රත්‍රන් ඇපයට තබා සහ මෝටර් රථ මූල්‍යකරණය සඳහා ලබා ගන්නා ණය සඳහා ණය දීමේ නීති දැඩි කිරීමට තීරණය කර ඇති අතර, නව නීති අද සිට ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. බැංකු සහ මූල්‍ය සමාගම් විසින් වඩාත් ප්‍රවේශමෙන් ණය දීම ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සහ මූල්‍ය පද්ධතියේ ස්ථාවරත්වය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම මෙම පියවරේ අරමුණයි. මෑත මාසවලදී, රත්‍රන් ඇපයට තබා සහ වාහන මූල්‍යකරණයේදී ලබා දෙන ණයවල තියුණු වැඩිවීමක් දක්නට ලැබේ.

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australians are becoming more cautious about taking risks, with fewer people changing jobs, starting businesses or moving for new opportunities. Recent economic data shows job mobility has dropped sharply over the past few decades. In 1989, nearly one in five workers changed jobs each year. Today, that figure has fallen to about one in 13 workers. Experts say rising living costs, large mort