This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. බස් ගමන් සඳහා විද්‍යුත් කාඩ්පත් ගෙවීම් හඳුන්වා දීමේ වැඩසටහන අද (24) සිට මාකුඹුර බහුමාධ්‍ය ප්‍රවාහන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේදී නිල වශයෙන් දියත් කෙරේ. ඩිජිටල් අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ ප්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍යාංශය එක්ව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන මෙම මුලපිරීම ප්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් දියත් කෙරේ. Source : Dailymirror Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Western Australia is preparing for dangerous conditions as Tropical Cyclone Fina strengthens into a severe category 4 system while moving toward the Kimberley coast. The Bureau of Meteorology says Fina is currently over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and producing sustained winds of around 185km/h, with gusts near the centre reaching 260km/h. For now, most of the impact remains offshore. The cy

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Snapchat will start warning users this week that their accounts will be deactivated when Australia’s under-16 social media ban begins on 10 December. The platform will send alerts in-app, by email, or via SMS to users it believes may be younger than 16. Snapchat will rely on a mix of signals — including account behaviour and self-declared ages — to identify affected accounts. The company t

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Meta has started notifying thousands of young Australians that their Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts will soon be blocked under Australia’s new age restriction laws. The federal government announced earlier this month that major platforms — including Meta apps, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube — must take “reasonable steps” to block users under 16 from December 10. Meta is the firs

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian households will soon be able to use electricity for free for three hours every day under a new federal government plan designed to make better use of excess solar energy. The Solar Sharer scheme will require energy retailers to offer free electricity during a set window in the middle of the day — the time when solar generation is high and demand is low. Wholesale prices often dr

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. මෝටර් රථ වාහන පනත යටතේ නිකුත් කරන ලද නව රෙගුලාසි අනුගමනය කරමින්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පුරවැසියන් සහ විදේශීය ජාතිකයන් යන දෙපිරිසටම රියදුරු බලපත්‍ර නිකුත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධ ගාස්තු කිහිපයක් සංශෝධනය කර ඇත. 2025 නොවැම්බර් 17 දින අංක 2463/04 දරන අතිවිශේෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රයට අනුව, දැනටමත් විදේශීය බලපත්‍රයක් හිමි ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පුරවැසියෙකුට රියදුරු බලපත්‍රයක් නිකුත් කිරීමේ

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian shoppers can now expect parcels to arrive any day of the week, with Australia Post bringing back weekend deliveries from this Saturday. The temporary service aims to handle the huge spike in parcels expected during the festive season. Weekend deliveries will run across all major capital cities and selected regional areas, staying in place until Christmas. Gary Starr, Australia P

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian researchers are sounding the alarm as new data shows children are abandoning key developmental activities in favour of scrolling on social media. A University of South Australia study tracking more than 14,000 students aged 11–14 found that daily social media use has exploded — rising from 26% in 2019 to 85% in 2022, a 200% increase since before COVID-19. As screen time surged,

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 අංක 17 දරන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සූදු නියාමන අධිකාරී පනත, ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද ගැසට් නිවේදනයකින් පසුව, දෙසැම්බර් 1 වන දින නිල වශයෙන් බලාත්මක වනු ඇත. මෙම පනත මගින් රටේ සියලුම සූදු ක්‍රියාකාරකම් අධීක්ෂණය කිරීම සඳහා තනි, ස්වාධීන නියාමකයෙකු ස්ථාපිත කරන අතර ජාතියේ සූදු නීති රාමුවේ ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමක් සනිටුහන් කරයි.

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Melbourne’s tram network — the largest in the world — is still far from meeting national accessibility standards, with a new audit showing little progress over the past five years. According to the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO), only 18% of tram services in 2023–24 were fully accessible, meaning low-floor trams aligned with level-access stops. Low-floor tram numbers have risen

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 වසර සඳහා විදේශ සංචාරක පැමිණීම් මිලියන දෙක ඉක්මවා ගොස් ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA)ට අනුව, සඳුදා බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය යුවළකගේ පැමිණීමත් සමඟ මෙම සන්ධිස්ථානයට ළඟා වූ අතර එය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත්වන සංචාරක අංශය සඳහා තවත් ධනාත්මක පියවරක් සනිටුහන් කළේය. වැඩිදියුණු කළ ගුවන් ගමන් සම්බන්ධතා, ප්

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. Early forecasts suggest a damp start to summer for many parts of Australia, with several capitals tipped to see rain throughout December. Here’s what AccuWeather expects for each state and territory — including Christmas Day. New South Wales – Sydney Sydney is set for a cloudy and rainy December, with storms likely before Christmas. Temperatures will range from 19°C to 28°C. Christmas Day

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක සහකාර පොලිස් අධිකාරී එෆ්. යූ. වූට්ලර් මහතා මතක් කර දී ඇත්තේ වලංගු ජාත්‍යන්තර රියදුරු බලපත්‍රයක් (IDP) හෝ තම මව් රටෙන් දේශීය රියදුරු බලපත්‍රයක් නොමැති විදේශීය ජාතිකයින්ට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ කිසිදු වාහනයක් පැදවීමට අවසර නොමැති බවයි. නීති විරෝධී ලෙස ත්‍රිරෝද රථ ධාවනය කරන සංචාරකයින් පොලිසිය විසින් වැඩි වැඩියෙන් නිරීක්ෂණය කර ඇති බව

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s student accommodation sector is set for a major clean-energy upgrade, with the Albanese Government and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) backing the country’s biggest apartment-electrification project — and it’s happening across student housing. Through a $50 million CEFC investment into The Living Company’s Scape Australia Core Fund, up to 20 large student accommodat

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. More than a dozen Canberra schools and one Brisbane school have temporarily closed after a popular craft sand was found to contain traces of chrysotile asbestos. The ACCC this week recalled three products — Kadink Sand, Educational Colours Rainbow Sand and Creatistics Coloured Sand — after testing confirmed contamination. The sand had been used in some ACT public schools for sensory play a

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. Australia’s jobless rate fell to 4.3% in October, down from 4.5% in September, signalling a steady and resilient labour market. The latest ABS data showed 42,200 new jobs were created last month, while unemployment dropped by 17,000 people. Economists say the rebound confirms September’s spike was just a temporary blip. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it “a very positive result,” hig

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.

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළේ (BIA) අලුතින් ඉදිකරන ලද මාකිය තුළ අත්හදා බැලීමේ පදනමක් මත නව චෙක්-ඉන් කවුන්ටර 14 ක් හඳුන්වා දී ඇති බව ගුවන්තොටුපළ සහ ගුවන් සේවා (ශ්‍රී ලංකා) (පුද්ගලික) සමාගම (AASL) නිවේදනය කර ඇත. මාසයක් ඇතුළත නිම කරන ලද මෙම පහසුකම, ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) සහ ප්‍රධාන කර්මාන්ත පාර්ශ්වකරුවන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු අතර සහ