This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. ජූලි මාසයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව සිය ඉහළම මාසික ආදායම වාර්තා කළ අතර එය රුපියල් බිලියන 235 ක් බව අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් සුනිල් නෝනිස් පැවසීය. බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා නව රේගු වාර්තාවක් සහ දැනුම්දීමේ පද්ධතියක් එළිදැක්වීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් නෝනිස් පැවසුවේ ජූලි මාසයේ ආදායම ආයතනයට ඓතිහාසික සන්ධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කළ බවයි. “2023 දී, මසකට රුපියල් බිලියන 100 ඉක්මවීම ප්‍රධාන ජයග්‍රහණයක් ලෙස සලකනු ලැබුවා. අද අපි රුපියල් බිලියන 235 ක් ලබාගෙන තිබෙනවා,” ඔහු පැවසීය. දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ කාර්ය සාධනය තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීම අරමුණු කරගනිමින් ආනයනකරුවන් සහ අපනයනකරුවන් සඳහා පහසුව වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම සඳහා නව පද්ධතිය නිර්මාණය කර ඇති බව අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයා සඳහන් කළේය. වාහන ආනයනය ආදායමෙන් වැඩි ප්‍රමාණයක් වූ අතර එය වාර්තාගත ආදායමට සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස දායක විය. More updates to come on AusNewsLanka .

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Qantas has been hit with a massive $90 million fine – the biggest of its kind in Australian history – after the Federal Court found the airline illegally sacked more than 1,800 ground staff back in 2020. At the height of the pandemic, Qantas outsourced baggage handlers, cleaners and ground staff. The court later ruled it wasn’t just a cost-cutting move – it was also aimed at weakening the bargaining power of unions during wage negotiations. Qantas fought the decision all the way to the High Court but lost, clearing the way for this penalty. The Transport Workers Union (TWU), which ran the case, wanted the maximum fine of $121 million. Qantas, meanwhile, argued for something much lower, between $40 and $80 million. In the end, Justice Michael Lee settled on $90 million, describing the case as the largest of its kind and stressing the need to send a strong message to other companies. Half of that fine – $50 million – will go directly to the TWU. Justice Lee didn’t mince words, either. He said: “To deprive someone of work illegally is to deprive someone of an aspect of their human dignity, and this is not assuaged simply by expressions of regret.” He criticised Qantas for trying to paint a “less than candid” picture of its outsourcing decision in court, and for initially refusing to offer compensation to the affected workers despite its public apology. On top of the $90 million penalty, Qantas has already agreed to pay $120 million in compensation to workers for their financial losses and emotional suffering – though Justice Lee questioned whether those payments would actually be made in full. The ruling was met with cheers and hugs in the courtroom, with union members calling it a landmark win. This is just the latest in a string of scandals for Qantas. The airline was also fined $100 million after the competition watchdog found it had been selling tickets for flights it had already cancelled – a practice that went on for years. Notably, Qantas only started publicly taking responsibility for its actions in 2023 – the same year long-serving CEO Alan Joyce stepped down. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Australians .

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