User Profile

Alistair Finlay

Editor of the Sunraysia Daily. Likes my dog, bikes, water, sunshine, trucks, reading, ice hockey and yoga. Established the Broken Hill Times, as well as Ballarat Times, Bendigo Times, and Golden Plains Times, and saved the McIvor Times. Tours of duty at the Latrobe Valley Express, The Advocate in North-West Tasmania, and the Westlock News in Alberta, Canada.

News

St Pat’s races brought forward

RACING at St Pat’s Race Day has been brought forward due to the predicted hot weather on Saturday. The first race of the day will now jump from the gates at 11am. Gates still open at the course at 10am, however buses will now start running from...

14 Mar 2025

Bowls

Bowls notes

North Broken Hill Bowling Club Saturday evening social bowls - March 8TWENTY participants turned up to play two matches on our lower carpet green. The winning team was lead Steve Cicak and his skip Dennis Cetinich, who has been having a tremendous...

14 Mar 2025

Bowls

Demo go two up in early rounds

ROUND two games in the Broken Hill Men’s Indoor Bowls Association comp were held on Tuesday, February 4 at the Sturt Club with good results and close games and good bowls had by all. Top two teams Demo and Flags had a very interesting game as Flags...

08 Feb 2025

Cricket

Roos roasted as Hack sizzles in sun

ON a sweltering day at the Jubilee Oval where the mercury reached heights of 41 degrees, North took another step towards securing top spot with a comfortable victory over South. North skipper Tobias Hack called correctly and chose to bat first and...

07 Feb 2025

Cricket

Dogs down the roos

ON a scorching summers day at the Zinc Oval, North took on South with both vying for that 3rd place semi final position. The match was reduced to a T20 due to the heat and B Grade captain Joel Sheppard continued his toss winning form and elected to...

07 Feb 2025

Farming & Environment

Images show algae growth

SATELLITE pictures from New South Wales’ peak water authority show the current state of blue-green algal blooms in the Lower Darling River system. The images, taken on January 7 and released last week as part of an overall report on the current state...

18 Jan 2025

Broken Hill Times

We’ll be back in a jiffy

JUST a heads up but the after today’s paper, the team at the Broken Hill Times will be taking a one-week publication pause. That means there will be no paper on Friday, December 27, but we’ll resume normal publication service on Friday, January...

20 Dec 2024

Farming & Environment

Darling fish to get boost

A NEW effort to help fish in the Lower Darling River is one step closer with the New South Wales Government approving the use of a system to get them swimming upstream. Billed as “state-of-the-art temporary fish passage technology”...

30 Nov 2024

Community

Who are we? We’re here for you

WELCOME to the first edition of the Broken Hill Times, we’d like to thank you for reading and your support. We’re confident we’ll show you the value of our in-depth, local news, and it’s a privilege and an honour to bring it to you.“Local newspapers...

25 Oct 2024