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 අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය පවසන්නේ, 2026 වසරේ මුල් මාස පහ තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 7.3 ඉක්මවූ අපනයන ආදායමක් උපයා ඇති අතර, එය මෙරට අපනයන ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ශක්තිමත් කාර්යසාධනයක් පිළිබිඹු කරන බවයි. මෙම ආදායම පසුගිය වසරේ අනුරූප කාලසීමාවට සාපේක්ෂව සියයට 7.5ක වර්ධනයක් පෙන්නුම් කරන බවද එම මණ්ඩලය සඳහන් කළේය. නවතම අපනයන කාර්යසාධනය පිළිබඳ අදහස්

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Telstra has apologised after a nationwide network outage disrupted voice and data services, affecting customers across Australia's major cities. The company said around 90% of affected services had been restored by Wednesday, but some users continued to experience intermittent issues. Telstra said there is currently no evidence the outage was caused by malicious activity, with investigation

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian businesses are facing increasing pressure from rising costs, higher taxes and expensive energy bills, with calls for stronger government support for local industries. Federal independent MP Dai Le said many long-running family businesses are struggling to survive, with some owners even working without taking a wage to keep their companies operating. She warned that without more 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. A suspected arson attack has damaged multiple businesses in Melbourne’s inner east, prompting fresh concerns over a series of recent firebombings. Emergency crews responded to a major fire on Victoria Street, Richmond, shortly after 4:15am on Monday. More than 80 firefighters and 30 fire trucks worked to bring the blaze under control after flames

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A rare weather event in Tasmania has triggered the icy conditions being felt across south-east Australia this week. The Bureau of Meteorology recorded a mean sea level pressure of 1044.5hPa at Ouse, Tasmania, setting what is expected to be Australia’s highest recorded atmospheric pressure, surpassing the previous record set in 1967. The record was caused by a powerful high-pressure system c

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Tighter bail laws are being introduced in Queensland to crack down on youth crime, after the state government said it was getting “fed up” with repeat offenders being released on bail only to then reoffend. Repeat offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail will be charged under a brand new offence, under the next phase of the Adult Crime, Adult Time plans. The new offence will have a

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 රේගු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව (Sri Lanka Customs Department) විසින් වසරේ පළමු අර්ධ වසර සඳහා නියමිත ආදායම් ඉලක්කය ඉක්මවා රුපියල් බිලියන 1,373.7ක ආදායමක් උපයා ඇති බව රාජ්‍ය ආයතනය නිකුත් කළ නිවේදනයක සඳහන් වේ. මෙම කාලසීමාව සඳහා රේගු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට නියම කර තිබූ ආදායම් ඉලක්කය රුපියල් බිලියන 1,060.5ක් වූ අතර, ඒ අනුව ඉලක්කය රුපියල් බිලියන 313කින් ඉක්මවා

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australian borrowers may have to wait until 2027 for interest rate relief, according to a new survey of leading economists. The latest Australian Financial Review poll found that more than half of the 32 economists surveyed believe the Reserve Bank’s cash rate has already peaked at 4.35 per cent, making another rate rise less likely. However, most economists do not expect rate cuts any time

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Department of Home Affairs has increased visa application fees for most visa categories, with the new charges applying to applications lodged from 1 July 2026. Some of the biggest increases include: Visa Category & Description Subclass Previous Fee (AUD) New Fee (AUD) Increase (AUD) Increase (%) Student and Student Guardian visas 500, 590 $2,000 $2,500 $500 25.0% Skilled Migration visas 189