Sri Lanka
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is open to buying Russian oil: PM
While Washington and its allies are trying to cut financial flows supporting Moscow’s war effort, Russia is offering its crude at a steep discount, making it extremely enticing to a number of countries.
- by Reuters
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Immigration
Scared of hunger, Sri Lankans are willing to risk their lives on boats
Recent interceptions near Christmas Island are the first since January 2020. Chances are they won’t be the last.
- by Chris Barrett
Tears and cheers as asylum seeker family finally ‘Home to Bilo’
The family have finally returned to Biloela on Friday, four years after they were removed by immigration officials, prompting a protracted fight to bring them “Home to Bilo”.
- by Stuart Layt
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Food shortages, violence, economic ruin: How did things get so bad in Sri Lanka?
How bad is the crisis in Sri Lanka? And what lies ahead for the island nation?
- by Chris Barrett
‘It’s the way you talk about it’: chef O Tama Carey on coping with a stillbirth
The Sydney restaurateur says it’s not death that’s hard: it’s grief.
- by Benjamin Law
Running on empty, Sri Lanka opens arms to Australian team
Australia’s cricketers have arrived in Sri Lanka to find a country in economic meltdown and with anger rising towards a government blamed for critical shortages of food and fuel.
- by Chris Barrett
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Immigration
‘We didn’t know there was an election’: Sri Lankan men reveal desperate boat journey
The dozen young men intercepted by Border Force on election day fled Sri Lanka hoping Australia would let them in.
- by Chris Barrett
Sri Lanka’s protesters stay in the streets
As hundreds of student protesters continued their call for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, they were met with police tear gas and water cannons.
- by Mujib Mashal
Sri Lanka only has one day’s petrol as economy tanks
New Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is printing money to pay salaries, selling the national airline and using Indian line of credit to buy more fuel.
- by Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe
Sri Lanka appoints new prime minister in bid to stop civil unrest
Ranil Wickremesinghe has been prime minister of the island nation five times before.
- by Krishan Francis
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Australian cricket
‘Reconsider your need to travel’: Australian Test team on alert before Sri Lanka tour
Australians have been advised to reconsider their need to travel to Sri Lanka a matter of weeks before the men’s national team was due to tour.
- by Daniel Brettig