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At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Air Canada has started cancelling flights — including some to Australia — as tensions with its flight attendants ramp up toward possible strike action. Overnight, the airline scrapped several dozen long-haul flights, including one from Vancouver to Sydney that was supposed to depart last night, plus the return Sydney-to-Vancouver trip set for tomorrow. This comes after the union representing about 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday. The airline responded with its own lockout notice. Mark Nasr, Air Canada’s chief operations officer, said they’ve begun a gradual suspension of operations and expect all flights to be paused by early Saturday morning. He warned that even under the best circumstances, restarting flights will take about a week. The numbers are big — they’re estimating 500 cancelled flights by Friday night and up to 25,000 Canadians stranded abroad each day during a shutdown. If your flight gets cancelled, you’ll get a full refund, and Air Canada says it’s trying to book passengers on other airlines “where possible.” The union says the fight is about what they call “poverty wages” and unpaid labour for time spent working on the ground. At a news conference on Thursday, some flight attendants held signs reading “Unpaid work won’t fly” and “Poverty wages = UnCanadian.” So, for now, if you’re flying Air Canada — especially to or from Australia — it might be time to check your booking twice. Visit the Aus News Lanka homepage   for more updates.

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 ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික වර්ධනයක් මුලින් අපේක්ෂා කළ ප්‍රමාණයට වඩා වේගයෙන් ඉදිරියට යමින් පවතින බවත්, ඉදිරි වසර තුළ රට අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වයට පෙර මට්ටම් ඉක්මවා යනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත් මහ බැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. අර්බුදයේ උච්චතම අවස්ථාවේ දී පුරෝකථනය කළ මට්ටමට වඩා ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වේගයෙන් ප්‍රතිඵල ලබා දෙන බව ආචාර්ය වීරසිංහ මහතා පැවසීය. “රටක් අර්බුදයකට ගොදුරු වූ පසු, නිමැවුම් අලාභය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කිරීම සඳහා එම මට්ටමට නැවත පැමිණීමට වසර හතරක් හෝ පහක් ගතවනු ඇත. අපගේ නඩුවේදී, වසර තුනක් ඇතුළත, අපි එහි ළඟා වීමට බොහෝ දුරට සමත් වී ඇත්තෙමු,” ඔහු පැවසීය. ඉදිරි වසර තුළ, රැකියා, දරිද්‍රතාවය අඩු කිරීම, ආදායම් සහ ජීවන වියදම වැනි ප්‍රධාන ක්ෂේත්‍රවල ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අර්බුදයට පෙර මට්ටම් ඉක්මවා යනු ඇතැයි මහ බැංකු අධිපති විශ්වාසය පළ කළේය. “ඉදිරි වසර කිහිපය තුළ ආදායම් ඉහළ ජීවන වියදමට සමාන වනු ඇත. එනම්, ඉදිරි වසර තුනේ සිට පහ දක්වා කාලය තුළ, අප කලින් සිටි මට්ටම් කරා ළඟා වීමට අපට හැකි වනු ඇත,” ඔහු තවදුරටත් පැවසීය. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Sri Lankans .

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is hitting pause on enrolments for more than 100 courses as it tries to deal with a massive $100 million budget shortfall. The changes will kick in for the Autumn 2026 semester and affect seven different schools — with the Faculty of Design and Society being the hardest hit, losing enrolments for over 60 courses. In a statement, UTS stressed that this doesn’t mean those courses are gone for good. “Suspension of new student intake does not mean a course will automatically be closed,” the university said. “Sometimes intakes are suspended ahead of phase out, some are paused while courses are redesigned to refresh curriculum and better meet student demand.” The timing comes as the uni faces serious financial pressure — back in April, The Sydney Morning Herald reported UTS was looking to cut about 400 jobs. Still, the university says the move is about improving things for students. “Our priority is to be a student-centred university offering an outstanding experience and courses that reflect student demand and interest,” the statement read. They also reassured current students that they won’t be affected by the changes. Right now, UTS has around 51,000 students and more than 4,000 staff — and while it’s clear some big changes are on the way, the uni insists it’s all about reshaping its offerings to match what students actually want. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Australians .

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. When Gehenu Lamai — or The Girls, as it’s known in English — hit Sri Lankan cinemas in 1978, the country was going through a turbulent chapter in its history. Just a few years earlier, in 1972, Ceylon had officially become Sri Lanka. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world’s first female prime minister, had just finished her second term in 1977, leaving behind a political landscape full of both hope and uncertainty. It’s against this backdrop that director Sumitra Peries — the first Sri Lankan woman to direct a feature film — brought to life Karunasena Jayalath’s 1966 novel The Girls. The story centres on Kusum, a schoolgirl from a modest rural family, who falls in love with Nimal, her classmate and cousin from a much wealthier household. Kusum dreams quietly of a life beyond her station, but when Nimal’s mother discovers their relationship, her future is forever altered. At the time, upward mobility for young women like Kusum — especially from the lower middle and working classes — was nearly impossible. For wealthier, well-educated women like Peries herself, there were more doors open. She grew up in an influential family, trained as a filmmaker, and had worked behind the scenes for years alongside her husband, legendary director Lester James Peries, before making her directorial debut. With The Girls, she not only told a deeply personal story but also carved a path for other women in Sri Lankan cinema. The film subtly mirrors Sri Lanka’s politics of the 1970s. This was a decade when marriage was still seen as a woman’s main route to financial stability, yet Bandaranaike’s government was beginning to acknowledge the value of rural women’s economic contributions. Policies like the 1972 Land Reform Act aimed to redistribute land and weaken the power of wealthy landowners — changes that shifted class dynamics but also brought new economic challenges. In The Girls, these class tensions seep into everyday conversations: Nimal’s mother talks about a girl from a rubber plantation-owning family as a more “suitable” match for him, while a debate between schoolboys hints at the era’s socialist leanings and scepticism toward foreign business interests. Notably absent, however, are the rising ethnic tensions between Sinhalese and Tamil communities — Peries instead keeps her lens firmly on rural life, social hierarchy, and forbidden love. The film’s realism also comes through in its portrayal of family duty and cultural expectations. Kusum, despite her own heartbreak, urges Nimal to respect their mothers’ wishes — because, as she says, they understand the “value of money, wealth, and status.” Fast forward to 2025, and The Girls is making a return — this time at the Melbourne International Film Festival in a stunning new 4K restoration by the Film Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Lester James and Sumitra Peries Foundation and FISCH (France–India–Sri Lanka Cine Heritage). For some viewers, this will be their first time seeing the film. For others, like Vineetha Wijerathna, it’s a trip down memory lane. Vineetha first saw The Girls in 1978 at Chaya Cinemas in Kegalle, surrounded by her classmates and teachers. Just 14 at the time, she was struck by the film’s dialogue, scenery, and especially Wasanthi Chathurani’s gentle yet powerful portrayal of Kusum. “She was such a good example for young people,” Vineetha recalls. “Be loving, be kind, be compassionate — that’s the message I took away.” Back then, Gehenu Lamai was already a beloved novel and a hit with audiences of all ages. Vineetha had read the book several times before seeing the film, and she’s eager to revisit it on the big screen. Even today, she says, some of the pressures faced by young women in Sri Lanka haven’t changed much. Family background, caste, and class can still dictate life choices. That’s why The Girls remains such a relevant piece of storytelling — a poetic reminder of how love, ambition, and societal expectations continue to collide. On Sunday 17 August at Kino Cinema, audiences will have the rare chance to step back into 1970s Sri Lanka — and to reflect on how much, and how little, has changed in the decades since. Resource - MIFF Official Website Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Sri Lankans .

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. 2030 වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අපනයන ආදායම ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් බිලියන 36 දක්වා වැඩි කිරීමේ ඉලක්කයක් රජය විසින් තබා ඇති අතර, ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී පැවති අපනයන සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලයේ (EDCM) දෙවන රැස්වීමේදී උපාය මාර්ග සහ අභියෝග පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කරන ලදී. ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය අංශයට (PMD) අනුව, රැස්වීම පෙර සැසියේදී ගනු ලැබූ තීරණවල ප්‍රගතිය සමාලෝචනය කළ අතර යෝජනා සහ විභව විසඳුම් සලකා බලමින් ඉලක්කය සපුරා ගැනීමට ඇති බාධක පරීක්ෂා කරන ලදී. මැණික් හා ස්වර්ණාභරණ කර්මාන්තය දියුණු කිරීම, රේගු කාර්යක්ෂමතාව ඉහළ නැංවීම සඳහා නව ස්කෑනිං යන්ත්‍රයක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීම, ඖෂධ සහ කුකුළු මස් අපනයනය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම, තේ සහ කුළුබඩු අපනයනය සංවර්ධනය කිරීම, අපනයන කේන්ද්‍ර සංකල්පය ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම, ත්‍රිකුණාමලය වරාය පුළුල් කිරීම, අපනයන ආශ්‍රිත ආයෝජන දිරිමත් කිරීම, ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික අපනයන අංශය සඳහා අමුද්‍රව්‍ය සැපයුම සහතික කිරීම සහ නව තීරුබදු ගිවිසුම් සාකච්ඡා කිරීම ඇතුළු පුළුල් පරාසයක අපනයන සංවර්ධන ප්‍රමුඛතා සාකච්ඡාවලට ඇතුළත් විය. More updates to come on AusNewsLanka .

At AusNewsLanka , we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A huge housing project that will completely reshape part of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market precinct has just cleared a major hurdle — it’s been given the green light by the federal government. The City of Melbourne first revealed plans last year for a brand-new precinct called Gurrowa Place, featuring three new buildings and hundreds of apartments. Now, after getting environmental approval (with some design conditions), the development is officially one step closer to reality. Because the Queen Vic Market is heritage-listed, the project needed federal approval. Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt said the conditions would make sure the market’s historic character is preserved while still delivering much-needed housing. “Through thoughtful design, this project will provide new and much-needed housing while ensuring this Melbourne icon can be enjoyed for many years to come,” he said. Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Nick Reece called it “the biggest mixed-use development project in council’s history” and a “huge step forward” after nearly a decade of planning and regulatory reviews. The development — led by Lendlease — is set to bring homes for around 3,700 people into the heart of the city. The plans include two residential towers, a student accommodation tower, and a low-rise civic building right next to the market. Reece said it will also give a big boost to local businesses, attract more visitors, and help tackle the housing crisis, with 130 of the apartments set aside for affordable housing. Lendlease’s Tom Mackellar said the project will protect the market’s future while honouring its history, with the Franklin Street stores being restored and repurposed as part of the broader renewal program. Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil called housing a “life-defining challenge” and said this project will make “a real impact” on housing accessibility in Melbourne. After nearly 10 years in the works, it’s finally full steam ahead — and for a city battling a housing crunch, it couldn’t come soon enough. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Australians .

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka , your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans  in Australia and beyond. මෙම වසරේ අගෝස්තු මාසය වන විට වාහන ආනයනය හරහා ආදායම සඳහා අපේක්ෂිත ඉලක්කයෙන් 72% ක් සපුරා ඇති බව රාජ්‍ය ගිණුම් පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කාරක සභාවට (COPA) දන්වා ඇත. මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ මූල්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් කපිල සේනානායක මහතා පැවසුවේ අගෝස්තු 05 වන දින වන විට මුළු ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 316 ක් වූ අතර එය ප්‍රක්ෂේපිත ඉලක්කයෙන් 72% ක් බවයි. පසුගිය COPA රැස්වීමේදී භාණ්ඩාගාර නියෝජ්‍ය ලේකම් ඒ. කේ. සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා හෙළි කළේ අගෝස්තු 06 වන දින වන විට වාහන 172,292 ක් සඳහා ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් (LC) ණයවර ලිපි 1,278 ක් විවෘත කර ඇති බවත්, ඒවා නිෂ්කාශනය කර ඇති බවත්ය. නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය චතුරංග අබේසිංහ මහතා මේ අතර පෙන්වා දුන්නේ වසර තුළ ආදායම දෙගුණ කළ හැකි බවත්, එය ඉලක්කයෙන් 150% ක් වන බවත්ය. වත්මන් ප්‍රවණතා මත පදනම්ව, ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 450 ඉලක්කය ඉක්මවා යා හැකි බව සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka  – the leading platform for news for Sri Lankans .