Tag: Australia

Australia endures hottest day on record

Australia endures hottest day on record

Dec 18, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high ... Read More

Australia thrashes New Zealand in first Test

Australia thrashes New Zealand in first Test

Dec 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia recorded one of their biggest wins over New Zealand on the fourth day of the ... Read More

Yang Hengjun: Australia criticises China for detainment of ‘democracy peddler’

Yang Hengjun: Australia criticises China for detainment of ‘democracy peddler’

Dec 2, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia says the treatment endured by one of its citizens in criminal detention in China is ... Read More

Sydney smoke: Australia fires send haze over Sydney and Adelaide

Sydney smoke: Australia fires send haze over Sydney and Adelaide

Nov 21, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Smoke from Australia's bushfire crisis has blanketed the major cities of Sydney and Adelaide. In Sydney, ... Read More

Wales beat Australia in thriller to take control of Pool D

Wales beat Australia in thriller to take control of Pool D

Sep 30, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Six Nations champions Wales took a massive step towards topping Pool D with a thrilling 29-25 ... Read More

Smith, Cummins, Hazlewood ensure Australia keep the urn

Smith, Cummins, Hazlewood ensure Australia keep the urn

Sep 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sustained excellence from Steve Smith, who scaled new heights with 774 runs, complemented by the searing ... Read More

Australia bushfires are now ‘hotter and more intense’

Australia bushfires are now ‘hotter and more intense’

Sep 12, 2019

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Something strange is happening in the air above Antarctica that hasn’t happened since 1992 — and ... Read More

Ten nabbed over attempt to illegally sail to Australia

Ten nabbed over attempt to illegally sail to Australia

Aug 20, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Wennappuwa Police have arrested 10 persons at a house in Wennapuwa over an attempt to illegally migrate to ... Read More

13 SRI LANKANS DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA

13 SRI LANKANS DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA

Aug 16, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -Thirteen Sri Lankans who had illegally migrated to Australia were deported and arrived at the Katunayake International Airport this ... Read More

Ex-LTTE child soldier faces jail for murder in Australia

Ex-LTTE child soldier faces jail for murder in Australia

Aug 6, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -Recruited as a child soldier at age 12 and later tortured by his enemies before fleeing by boat to ... Read More

Australia turfs out 20 Lankan asylum seekers to Christmas Island

Australia turfs out 20 Lankan asylum seekers to Christmas Island

Jul 23, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Australia has boarded 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, who were detained on Sunday for attempting to illegally reach ... Read More

Australia calls on China to allow Uighur mother and son’s travel

Australia calls on China to allow Uighur mother and son’s travel

Jul 17, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Australian government has called on China to allow an ethnic Uighur mother and son to leave the ... Read More

Tailender Coulter-Nile sparks Australia revival win over West Indies

Tailender Coulter-Nile sparks Australia revival win over West Indies

Jun 7, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - Nathan Coulter-Nile’s record-breaking innings laid the platform for Australia’s 15-run victory over the West Indies on Thursday as ... Read More

Australia returns 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers after boat intercepted

Australia returns 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers after boat intercepted

May 30, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) -A boat carrying 20 Sri Lankan asylum seekers has been intercepted on its way to Australia. The Department of ... Read More

Australia ends Israel Folau’s contract over social media post

Australia ends Israel Folau’s contract over social media post

Apr 15, 2019

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) - The Australian Rugby Union authorities have ended Israel Folau’s contract over a social media post in which he ... Read More