At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s construction sector is under pressure as soaring fuel costs force companies to cut staff and delay projects. Builders say rising diesel prices and higher costs for materials are squeezing margins, pushing some businesses close to shutting down. Without government support, the impact could flow through to home buyers and household bills. New data from the Civil Contractors Federa

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. හිටපු සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී එරන් වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා නව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් (Sri Lanka Cricket - SLC) පරිවර්තන කමිටුවේ සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස පත් කර තිබේ. නවකමිටුවේ අනෙකුත් සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස රොෂාන් මහනාම, කුමාර් සංගක්කාර, තුෂිර රදෙල්ල, සිදත් වෙත්තමුනි, අවන්ති කොළඹගේ, ප්‍රකාශ් ෂාෆ්ටර්, උපුල් කුමාරප්පෙරුම සහ දිනාල් ෆිලිප්ස් යන අය නම් කර ඇත. මෙය සාමා

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is seeing a sharp rise in illicit drug use, with new data placing the country among the world’s highest consumers of methamphetamine. A latest report from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission shows Australia ranks second out of 34 countries for meth use per person, behind the United States. Wastewater analysis reveals meth consumption has nearly doubled over the past de

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is facing a growing shortage of GPs, especially in regional and remote areas, where demand for healthcare continues to rise. Groups like the Australian Medical Students' Association say one major barrier starts early the cost of getting into medical school. The GAMSAT, required for postgraduate entry, costs $568 per attempt. Many students sit the exam multiple times, with average

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. රටේ සංචාරක යටිතල පහසුකම් වැඩිදියුණු කිරීමේ උත්සාහයන්හි කොටසක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී පාද (ආදම්ගේ කඳු මුදුන) ඇතුළු ප්‍රධාන සංචාරක ගමනාන්ත කිහිපයක කේබල් කාර් පද්ධති හඳුන්වාදීම සඳහා වන යෝජනා කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු වී තිබේ. විදේශ කටයුතු, විදේශ රැකියා සහ සංචාරක අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ ඊයේ (28) පැවති සංචාරක කාර්ය සාධක බලකා රැස්

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Fresh data suggests an El Niño is forming in the Pacific, increasing the chance of a warmer and drier winter across much of Australia. According to Weatherzone, ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific have risen in recent weeks. Seas warmed by 0.5°C over the past two weeks, including a 0.3°C jump in just seven days. El Niño occurs when ocean waters become unusually warm, disrupting typic

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The Albanese Government is set to consider major tax changes in the upcoming May 12 budget, with reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax still under discussion. The focus is on steering property investors toward building new homes, rather than buying existing ones. Keeping both measures on the table signals a broader push for tax reform in the government’s second term. Source : Ne

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Opposition MP Harsha de Silva has questioned the legal status of the government’s “Rebuilding Sri Lanka Fund,” claiming it has not been formally created. In a post on X, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP challenged remarks by Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando, who said the fund remains secure. De Silva argues there is no legal basis for t

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Rail workers in Queensland are set to take industrial action over the next two weeks after pay talks broke down. The Rail Tram and Bus Union confirmed rolling stoppages will go ahead after failing to reach a wage deal with Queensland Rail during talks at the Fair Work Commission. The union says the latest offer was too similar to a previous proposal that workers had already rejected. Limite