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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…
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Tighter rules for alleged ATM fraudster
Em Jensen A MAN accused of stealing approximately $700,000 in cash from ATMs had his bail conditions altered in court this week due to authority’s…
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First nations media leads fight on gambling
THE Office of Responsible Gambling is launching a new effort aimed at helping combat the rise in gambling amongst Aboriginal peoples across New South Wales.…
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Little libraries for big readers
Jack Marx THE Street Library is beginning to take root in Broken Hill this spring, with two popping up in the city in the space…
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Hunger led to rediscovery of synagogue
Jack Marx THE Broken Hill Synagogue is one of the oldest buildings in the city, its foundation stone laid on November 30, 1910. That was…
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