At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia will expand efforts to deal with visa overstayers, but Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the changes will not lead to US-style immigration raids. The government plans to establish a 100-person Border Force team to locate and manage people who remain in Australia without valid visas. Around 77,000 visa overstayers are currently estimated to be in Australia. The government will

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 Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Law Council of Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two countries’ legal professions. The agreement was signed in Seoul, South Korea, on the sidelines of the 39th LAWASIA Conference. BASL President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Law Council of Austra

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Eastern Australia is facing a growing bushfire risk as a strengthening El Nino pattern combines with an unusually dry winter. Weather forecasters are warning that the coming weeks could bring challenging conditions, particularly across parts of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Rainfall was well below average across many areas during winter. El Nino has weakened the trade winds that

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Two of Australia’s major banks have increased fixed mortgage rates just days before the Reserve Bank’s next interest-rate decision. ANZ and NAB raised their fixed home loan rates by 0.20 percentage points on Thursday, taking their lowest advertised fixed rate to 6.49 per cent. The moves follow ING, which lifted fixed rates for both owner-occupier and investor loans by the same amount a 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. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව වාර්ෂික ආදායම් එකතු කිරීමේ කාර්යසාධනයේ සුවිශේෂී සන්ධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින්, රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 2 ක ආදායම් සීමාව ඉක්මවා තිබේ. මෙම රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 2 සීමාව ඊයේ දිනයේදී ඉක්මවා ගිය බව රේගුව නිවේදනය කළ අතර, එය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ආදායම් කාර්යසාධනයේ ප්‍රධාන සන්ධිස්ථානයක් ලෙස හඳුන්වා දී තිබේ. නවතම ආදායම් සංඛ්‍යාලේඛනය මගින් රජයේ ආදායම් එකත

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is set to tighten several migration rules, including changes affecting backpackers, international students and people who remain in the country after their visas expire. Under changes to the Working Holiday Maker Program, applicants seeking second- and third-year visas will face a ballot system. They will also be required to complete work in regional areas. The government will als

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s new home market is showing signs of a sharp slowdown, with sales falling 10 per cent in August and almost 20 per cent over the past three months. Housing Industry Association (HIA) data shows new home sales have declined for four consecutive months. Sales were also lower than a year earlier, highlighting growing pressure on the construction sector. HIA chief economist Tim Reardo

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) විසින් නිකුත් කළ නවතම සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන අනුව, මේ වසරේ මේ දක්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයින් මිලියන 1.6කට අධික පිරිසක් පැමිණ තිබේ. වාර්තාවට අනුව, ජනවාරි 1 වැනිදා සිට සැප්තැම්බර් 14 වැනිදා දක්වා කාලය තුළ සංචාරකයින් 1,609,759 දෙනෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇත. මේ අතර, සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේ පළමු දින 14 තුළ පමණක් සංචාරක පැමිණීම්

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia could face significant economic risks if the global rules governing trade continue to weaken, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned. In its latest annual report, the WTO said the international trading system is at a critical point as countries increasingly move away from the framework that has supported global trade for decades. WTO chief economist Robert Staiger said Aust