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Spooky tours give voice to the dead
BROKEN Hill residents may have spotted a creepy bus cruising around town lately, one that looks like a haunted house on wheels, the words “Outback…
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Local artists shine on show
On Friday September 19, the Willyama Art Society will showcase their 64th annual exhibition in Broken Hill on 24 Bromide Street at 6pm. The event…
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Leaked emails show lead report suppressed
AUTHORITIES appear to have conspired to hide a damning report into lead levels in Broken Hill. The revelations were discovered in leaked emails from within…
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Mayor weighs in on lead concerns
BROKEN Hill City Council Mayor Cr Tom Kennedy says he’s written to the New South Wales Minister for Environment and Health’s office regarding lead levels…
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Greens MP wants further investigation
NSW Greens upper house MP and the party’s state mining mining spokesperson, Cate Faehrmann, has accused the NSW Environment Protection Authority of deliberately suppressing the…
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Aboriginal kids affected more
INDIGENOUS children have repeatedly been found to have higher blood lead levels than their non-indigenous counterparts, according to current and historical research. In the Environmental…
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Birds and bees can track lead levels
RESEARCH into bees and sparrows as sentinel animals in Broken Hill and other mining towns with high lead blood levels can help to understand lead…
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Lead affected kids
FORMER Broken Hill resident Alexandra Rosenblum said she left town after her son Topar was discovered to have lead levels that were three times the…
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Community call for epsis awareness
WHAT seemed like a mild cold quickly turned into something worse for young Ryan Lines – but three years later Ryan is defying expectations and…
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Show incoming
Emily McInerney ALL sorts of fun and excitement will start to roll into town and set itself up at the Memorial Oval. Locals will start…
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You don’t have to walk to read
BROKEN Hill City Library is choc-o-bloc with great books all begging to be read. But, sometimes, getting to the library is hard work. That’s why…
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Stevens sparkles, Ferguson flies to glory
IN Broken Hill Football, the Jan Corey and Lionel Johnston Medals are the highest individual honours that players can receive. On Monday, South’s Abbey Stevens…












