At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A nationwide free school lunch program is being proposed in Australia, aiming to ease pressure on families and improve student wellbeing. Australia is one of the few wealthy countries where students are not guaranteed a daily meal at school. But a growing push could change that. In Tasmania, the School Food Matters initiative already provides around 21,500 freshly cooked lunches each week 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. ප්‍රවාහන, මහාමාර්ග සහ නාගරික සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍ය බිමල් රත්නායක මහතා, දුර ගමන් බස් මගීන් සඳහා කලින් ආසන වෙන් කරවා ගැනීමට හැකි වන පරිදි මාර්ගගත ආසන වෙන්කරවා ගැනීමේ ක්‍රමයක් හඳුන්වා දෙන බව නිවේදනය කළේය. බත්තරමුල්ලේ “මගනේගුම මහමැදුර” හිදී අද (05) පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී අමාත්‍යවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, දෛනික ප්‍රවාහන පහසුව වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම රජයේ ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රමුඛතාවයක්

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australians could receive up to $300 in tax relief under a possible measure in the upcoming federal budget, though the government has not confirmed it. Jim Chalmers says the May 12 budget will deliver a broad reform package focused on tax changes, spending cuts, and boosting productivity. The plan aims to ease cost-of-living pressures and address growing inequality, especially for younger A

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Residents in Cranbourne East say they are still waiting for a promised train station nearly 20 years after first contributing funds toward it. Council records show about $4.9 million has been collected through rail levies as of June 2025. Every new home in the area includes a contribution starting from $700, aimed at funding the Cranbourne East station and electrification of the Clyde rail

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ දායකතා බද්ද (Social Security Contribution Levy - SSCL) 2.5% කින් වැඩි කිරීම සහ ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලරයේ අගය තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් වීම හේතුවෙන්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආනයනය කරන වාහනවල මිල මැයි 1 දිනෙන් පසු ඉහළ යාමට අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ. ලංකා වාහන ආනයනකරුවන්ගේ සංගමයේ (Lanka Vehicle Importers Association) සභාපති ප්‍රසාද් මැනේජ් මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, වැඩි කළ බදු සහ විනි

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Police in Melbourne have launched a major taskforce after a series of suspicious fires targeted hospitality venues across the city. Since April 14, at least 15 incidents including arson attacks and attempted fires have hit restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the CBD, South Melbourne, South Yarra and Prahran. Victoria Police confirmed a specialist operation, known as Operation Eclipse, is n

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s housing market is showing signs of a shift, with prices dipping slightly after months of resilience. The latest data from PropTrack shows national home values fell 0.1% in April the first decline this year. March had surprised with growth, but momentum is now easing. Economists say the market has reached a turning point. Higher interest rates, global uncertainty and possible tax

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Changes to Australia’s home battery rebate kick in today, as the government moves to keep the popular program running long-term. The scheme, part of the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, saw a surge in demand. In under a year, residential battery capacity doubled, with more than 250,000 systems installed in just nine months. To manage costs and spread benefits more evenly, the rebate structur

AUS NEWS LANKA exclusive news article reporting on the Sri Lankan-born population in Australia in 2025.