This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka is preparing to introduce a fully digital system for paying traffic fines from September, allowing motorists to settle fines for motor vehicle offences through online platforms. The system is part of the government’s wider digital transformation programme. Officials say the necessary arrangements are already in place for the new payment

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s combined federal, state and territory debt is forecast to reach $2.034 trillion by 2029-30, putting growing pressure on government budgets and taxpayers. New analysis from the independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) shows state and territory debt could rise to $770.9 billion by the end of the decade, while Commonwealth debt is expected to reach about $1.2 trillion. Interes

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Property prices across regional Australia fell 0.1 per cent in the three months to July, as the national housing slowdown began to affect areas outside the major cities. New data from Cotality shows the regional decline was modest compared with a 2.5 per cent fall across the combined capital cities over the same period. Three interest rate increases since the start of 2026, along with propo

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 දත්ත අනුව, අගෝස්තු මාසයේ පළමු දින 16 තුළ සංචාරකයන් 113,307 දෙනෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ තිබේ. මෙම කාලසීමාව තුළ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට වැඩිම සංචාරකයන් පිරිසක් පැමිණ ඇත්තේ ඉන්දියාවෙනි. ඒ අනුව, ඉන්දීය ජාතිකයන් 25,355 දෙනෙකු මෙරටට පැමිණ ඇති අතර, එය සමස්ත සංචාරක පැමිණීම්වලින් ආසන්න වශයෙන් 22%ක් වේ. මේ

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia is heading into a higher-risk bushfire season, with most states and territories expected to face increased fire danger this spring. The latest seasonal outlook from the Australian and New Zealand Council for Fire and Emergency Services (AFAC) shows elevated risk across every jurisdiction except the ACT. Dry conditions across parts of eastern Australia and heavy vegetation growth i

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Sydney Airport is facing growing safety concerns after three aircraft incidents in just three weeks, with a former pilot warning that failing to address problems quickly could have serious consequences. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the latest incident, which occurred on August 9 when a Qantas aircraft began crossing a runway while a Virgin Australia flight

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. විදේශගත ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයන් තමන් නීත්‍යනුකූලව උපයාගත් විදේශ ආදායම් විධිමත් බැංකු පද්ධතිය හරහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එවීමේදී බදු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අනවශ්‍ය බියක් ඇති කරගත යුතු නොවන බව දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව (IRD) අවධාරණය කරයි. බදු අරමුණු සඳහා අදාළ නිර්ණායක සපුරාලන පුද්ගලයකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ බදු නේවාසිකයකු ලෙස සැලකෙන බව ඔහු පැවසීය. එවැනි පුද්ගලයන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s protection against measles may be weaker than previously thought, with new research estimating about 1.7 million people were not adequately protected against the virus in 2019. The study, led by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, found that 93.3 per cent of Australians had measles immunity at the time. That is within the World Health Organization’s t

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Australia’s housing crisis has been decades in the making, with migration and construction policies moving in opposite directions. Since the 1990s, Australia progressively opened temporary migration, while housing construction became more tightly regulated through building codes, planning rules and energy standards. A major turning point came in 2001, when international students gained a cl