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Mining company buys gold district
IMPACT Minerals has bought 55 square kilometres, covering most of the Huonville Gold District, 25km southeast of Broken Hill. The new land now takes Impact…
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Companies give back to community
TWO Broken Hill students have been awarded $10,000 in local scholarships, helping them take the next step toward their dream careers. The Y’s Men’s Club,…
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Poppy Jack embodied volunteer spirit
ST Patrick’s Race Committee’s longest serving member was farewelled last week. John Rogers, also known as Poppy Jack, passed away recently, with his funeral on…
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Rain welcomed across the region
SOMETIMES, Broken Hill seems to exist under an enormous, invisible umbrella. Despite meteorologists warning we were in for a biblical deluge last week, the rain,…
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Dogs jump Ravens as top spot beckons
A TOP of the table contest saw the North Bulldogs and Ravens clash, with the Bulldogs running out by 10 points after an amazing second…
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Total reset needed for Basin Plan
CHAIR of the Australian Floodplain Association, Justin McClure, wants politics taken out of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and for the system and process to have…
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New GM for shire
CENTRAL Darling Shire Council will welcome in a new general manager next month. At a recent extraordinary Council meeting, the chairman of the Central Darling…
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Lakes planning goes back to the drawing board
THE future of the Menindee Lakes is back on the agenda of national agencies, with the Murray–Darling Basin Authority and associated governments launching yet another…
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What’s on in Broken Hill?
FRIDAY The Workshop 343 Blende Street, 9.30am Come to the Royal Flying Doctor Service Broken Hill Wellbeing Place for a free variety of craft and…
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Sport
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Weather washes out T20 finals
WET weather has washed out the Barrier District Cricket League’s T20 finals, with the prize money split between the sides set to play in last…
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Experienced Bull rage past Llamas
IT was a battle of youthful exuberance against hard-edged experience when the top of the table Fiorelli Bulls clashed with the Layup Llamas. Experience won…
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Mitchell’s men and their long run in
EIGHTY-TWO days, that’s the difference between North Broken Hill Football Club’s first pre-season training, and its first game on Anzac Day against Central. “All the…
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Year gets off with a bang
ON Sunday 1 February the Broken Hill Field and Game Association started off the 2026 shooting year with a 50 target sporting clays graded championship.…
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T20 grand final time
IT all comes down to this; Alma Oval hosts the grand final, as Central and South fight for third and North takes on West for…
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Council pushes to keep greyhound racing
RACING New South Wales Minister David Harris has been invited to Broken Hill after council voted to make a last-ditch appeal to save the town’s…
Entertainment
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Willyama Arts anniversary
THE Willyama Arts Society celebrated it’s 64th annual exhibition on Friday night with the Willyama Art Awards. President of the society, Dennis Hebbard, said he…
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Spiritual festival welcomes all souls
THE Outback Spiritual Festival gets underway today at the Broken Hill Racecourse and it continues to grow in size. Medium and event organiser Jill Blackburn…
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What’s on in Broken Hill?
TODAY Rainbow in the Outback 81 Buck Street, 6pm Live music, drag shows, DJs are just the beginning as the Rainbow in the Outback Festival…
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Councillor Byrne resigns due to work commitments
BROKEN Hill city councillor Ashley Byrne has resigned, effective immediately, due to work commitments. Council has contacted the NSW Electoral Commission to begin the process…
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Biggest Bash yet
THE biggest Mundi Mundi Bash festival yet took place over the weekend, with about 15,000 festivalgoers in attendance to spend four days on the plains…
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Food, fuel and industry
CHANGED traffic conditions may affect Broken Hill residents who have engineering on their minds. The industrial belt at Kanandah Road will be upset until September…
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Family in distress needs your help
A TRAGIC chain of events has forced local woman Sharon Ginn to start a GoFundMe page for her daughter’s little family. Ms Ginn’s daughter, Trish,…
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Butler’s big plan to save greyhound racing
BARWON MP Roy Butler has begun a campaign to save Broken Hill Greyhound track ahead of 30 June closure. Earlier in the year Greyhound Racing…
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Men serve up a safe space
IN a private room in a restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills in June 2011, Ben Hughes admitted to a group of friends…
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Mysterious power cuts blamed on heat
POWER outages rolled through Broken Hill last week as the heatwave tested substations to breaking point. The Broken Hill City Council administration building lost power…
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All hands on deck as house fires burn
LOCAL fire and rescue teams were stretched to capacity on Thursday as two houses burnt while a scrub fire raged. Station Officer Craig Burke attended…
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan under review
ON their website, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority say that for the past 13 years the group has “worked towards ensuring a healthy working Murray-Darling Basin”.…
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Groups line up for input on plan
SPECIAL interest, stakeholder, and lobby groups are lining up to have their say on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s review of it’s Basin Plan. Here’s what…
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From Broken Hill to radios around the world
A YOUTH spent in Broken Hill has inspired the music of self-taught multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Riles Nicholas, who releases music under the name Hidden Mirage.…
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Art after school
A NEW afterschool arts program for kids will begin this school semester, with the Broken Hill Art Exchange offering classes in the Kitchen Gallery behind…
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Local artist takes on Tokyo
A BROKEN Hill tote bag featured in a film clip by a Japanese pop, R and B and jazz artist, Fujii Kaze, set the wheels…