Aussie with Sri Lankan roots helps Australia stun South Africa in thriller

Aden Ekanayake, an Australian teen with Sri Lankan roots, scored a try in overtime to snatch victory for hosts Australia over South Africa in the Perth Sevens cup semi-finals on Sunday.

Australian PM recognises new citizens including those from Sri Lanka

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recognised Australia’s new citizens including those from Sri Lanka, as Australia celebrated Australia Day on Sunday.

Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds

In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore detention facilities in the Republic of Nauru.

Sri Lanka on Nick Carter’s Asia tour 2025 itinerary

Sri Lanka is on Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter’s 2025 Asia tour itinerary as part of his ’Who I am’ world tour.

Australian MP proposes January be recognised as Tamil Heritage Month

Australian MP Andrew Charlton has proposed that January be recognised as Tamil Heritage Month in Australia.

Australia continues to warn of risk of terror attacks in Sri Lanka

Australia on Thursday continued to warn of a risk of terror attacks in Sri Lanka despite the US relaxing a similar warning.

Australia-Sri Lanka Association celebrates 50 golden years

The Australia-Sri Lanka Association (ASLA) celebrated 50 years with multiple events held in Adelaide, attended by members of the South Australian government, opposition and the Sri Lankan community.

Police hunt gunman after man shot dead in North Melbourne

A man has died after he was found with gunshot wounds near a train station in Melbourne’s inner north on Saturday morning.

Boy dies, three injured as car crashes into Melbourne school

A Melbourne primary school boy who died when a car crashed through the school gate has been identified as 11-year-old Jack Davey.

Indigenous Australian senator defends heckling King

An Australian senator has defended heckling King Charles and accusing him of genocide after he addressed Australia’s Parliament House, telling the BBC that ’’he’s not of this land’’.

Police probe deaths of mother and two children in Sydney

Circumstances surrounding the deaths of a mother and her two young children in a Sydney waterway are still to be unravelled with police unsure how they ended up in the river.

Sri Lankan in Melbourne becomes a millionaire doing cleaning jobs

A Sri Lankan in Melbourne, Australia has become a millionaire doing cleaning jobs.

Indian migrants top Australian citizenship charts

As of 31 August, migrants born in India ranked first in four of Australia’s eight states and territories when it came to acquiring citizenship by conferral in 2024.

Australian Police helps Sri Lanka combat online child abuse

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is supporting Sri Lanka Police (SLP) in combatting online child abuse, with two SLP officers visiting the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and meeting investigators from the Queensland Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (QLD JACET).

Grief and shock in Melbourne after Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker dies by self-immolation

Refugee advocates have gathered to protest the death of a 23-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker who died after setting himself on fire in Melbourne’s south-east.

Australia to limit enrolment of international students in 2025

The Australian Government has decided to limit the enrolment of international students in 2025, subject to the passage of legislation before the Parliament.

Four injured in Sydney stabbing attack, Australia police say

Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults in Australia’s biggest city this year.

Underworld figure targeted again as more firebombings strike Melbourne

A home linked to Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim, a marked underworld figure and professional boxer, was targeted again in one of five suspicious fires across Melbourne overnight.

Australia’s terrorism threat level raised to ’probable’

Australia’s federal government, Monday, raised Australia’s National Terrorism Threat Level from ’’possible’’ to ’’probable’’.

UK PM Starmer slams ‘far-right thuggery’ after more anti-immigrant violence

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, England that saw at least 10 police officers injured, describing it as “far-right thuggery’’.

Sri Lankan woman murdered in Australia had fled family home

A Sri Lankan mother-of-three who was killed in Australia by her estranged husband, had fled the family home with her children almost a decade earlier after he hit her with a hammer and stomped on her, a jury has been told.

Warning issued over new Covid variant spreading in Australia

Experts have issued an urgent warning about a highly contagious new coronavirus variant spreading rapidly during Australia’s winter season.

Australia hit by massive Microsoft outage

A massive global Microsoft outage has hammered Australian businesses including Woolworths, Qantas, the ABC and Foxtel, 7-Eleven - with computers around the country repeatedly crashing and displaying the ’blue screen of death’.

Australia plays down concerns on Sri Lanka travel advice

Australia played down concerns on the travel advice on Sri Lanka after hoteliers noted it was having a negative impact on bookings.

Documents reveal why Australia voted yes in key UN motion on Palestinian membership

It’s an issue that has sparked domestic and international debate and helped fuel the defection of Fatima Payman from the Labor party.

Sri Lankan Savindri Perera cooks her way into MasterChef semi finals

Sri Lankan contestant Savindri Perera (Savi) has been selected among the 3 semi-finalists of MasterChef Australia.

Hacker group backed by Chinese government exposed by Australia

A Chinese government-backed cyber group has been responsible for hacks targeting private and public networks in Australia, according to the federal government.

Australia issues warning about deadly new drug hitting streets

Police at the highest level are cracking down on deadly drugs that have been cut with the synthetic opioid Nitazene, which have already claimed at least 20 lives in Australia.

PNG minister charged with assault in Australia

Papua New Guinea’s influential petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina has been charged with assault following an alleged ’’domestic dispute’’ in Australia, according to court documents.

Three children dead, man in custody after house fire in Sydney’s west

Three young children have died overnight after a house fire at Lalor Park in Sydney’s west in what is being treated as a domestic violence incident.