News
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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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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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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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Sport
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Can the Roos be stopped?
South v North Grand final 2.30pm, Saturday Jubilee Oval, Broken Hill WHAT a game this contest should be. Yes, South are the favourites, and so…
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Junior netball alive in Broken Hill
WHILE the Seniors often steal the spotlight, the junior competition at the Broken Hill Netball Association is offering a competitive atmosphere for young talent to…
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Tex’s 300th celebrated
BOTH pre and post-game, Broken Hill’s longest serving footballer Taylor Walker’s milestone 300th game was celebrated at Adelaide Oval in the 2025 qualifying final last…
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Roos eye flag in Dog fight
South v North Grand final 11.25pm, Saturday Jubilee Oval, Broken Hill IT’S here, the biggest game of the year, on the biggest day of the…
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North Broken Hill Bowling Club report
Saturday, September 6 North Pennants Results Round 3 IN very windy, uncomfortable conditions, the home side North scraped home by one shot. Their opponent Zinc…
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Brave Bulldogs break through to grand final
Lachlan Gould KICKING into a five-goal breeze in the final term, North were at long odds to make the 2025 Broken Hill Football League’s grand…
Entertainment
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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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Peak body wants cats out of sight
A CAT on a fence, or slinking along a rooftop at night, will be a vision consigned to history if the peak body for councils…
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Vale Donald Wills, RAAF, war hero
A BROKEN Hill war hero died last week at the age of 101. Flying Officer Donald McKenzie Wills, RAAF, was a rear gunner in the…
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Outback skies the limit
LOCAL astronomer and keen bowler Trevor Barry celebrated the launch of his book Outback Astronomer at his second home, the Zinc Lake Bowling Club this…
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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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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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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…