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Questions over Turley’s LGNSW role

A LOCAL Councillor’s new role within Local Government NSW has come under fire after Broken Hill City Council resigned from the association. Last year, the municipality withdrew from the peak lobby group after concerns regional and...

21 Mar 2025
Politics

Parkes MP has final hurrah in town

OUTGOING Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, said another goodbye to the community of Broken Hill on Thursday, February 20, with a Civic Reception held at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery. The celebration marked the MP’s pending retirement and last trip...

01 Mar 2025
Politics

Minns cites city’s power outage in parliament

NSW PREMIER Chris Minns has cited the October 2024 Broken Hill power outages during a tense Parliamentary question time discussion regarding the privatisation of the state’s energy network. In the question time held on Wednesday, February 19, Mr...

28 Feb 2025
News

New chair for local Nationals

BROKEN Hill National Party branch has a new chair with Clyde Thomson taking the reins from Peter Bevan. Mr Thomson worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s South Eastern Section, which is based in Broken Hill for 40 years. He said he was grateful...

15 Feb 2025
News

NSW councils push for PFAS funds

LOBBY group Local Government New South Wales is seeking extra funding for municipalities in that state to monitor the levels of “forever chemicals” in local water supplies. At the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

14 Feb 2025
News

City to share in $5.1m for health worker housing

BROKEN Hill and Tibooburra are expected to host a portion of 120 new dwellings for health workers in Far West New South Wales. The NSW Government has committed $5.1 million for the homes which are designed to help attract, recruit and retain more...

07 Feb 2025
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Letters to the editor

Federal election looms

G’DAY folks,Here we are nearly at the end of January, another year under way, and already things are starting to pick up pace after the festive season. I hope that everybody had a chance to get some down time, although I know that for some people...

31 Jan 2025
News

CWA backs universal childcare

THE Country Women’s Association of New South Wales has thrown its political support behind a call for universal access to early learning and care in this Federal Election year. A CWA media release said the cost of early years childcare was...

25 Jan 2025
News

Pollies praise new service centre

Broken Hill’s new Service NSW Centre is now open in a new location close to public transport. The centre, which is double the size of the previous, is located at Westside Plaza on Galena Street close to the bus stop. It offers access to New South...

25 Jan 2025
Politics

Nats name their man for Parkes

THE National party has confirmed its preselected candidate at the upcoming Federal Election for the seat of Parkes. Jaime Chaffey has been named to run for the seat and has been putting in the kilometres by car and on foot to meet with voters. Born...

24 Jan 2025
Farming & Environment

New water pumps for Cobar

FEDERAL Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek and New South Wales Minister for Water Rose Jackson have announced plans to try and improve water reliability in the Cobar area with two new high-tech pump stations at Nyngan and...

20 Dec 2024
News

Basin Authority gets new chair

THE Federal Government has appointed a new Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) board chair following the announcement of the retirement of current head Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston who has held the role since 2020. Outgoing chair Sir...

14 Dec 2024
Politics

Minister, DoE, weigh in on PSSA issue

THE New South Wales Department of Education and Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car have weighed in on the Broken Hill Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) recent decision to exclude students from Sacred Heart...

13 Dec 2024
Politics

Coulton reflects on time in house

MEMBER for Parkes Mark Coulton delivered his valedictory speech at Federal Parliament’s House of Representatives on Monday ahead of his imminent retirement in early next year. Mr Coulton has held the seat for 17 years, and said he is ready for the...

22 Nov 2024
Politics

Planning rules to bypass councils

THE New South Wales Government has announced the establishment of a new state-led approval pathway for major residential projects as well as a process for rezonings, bypassing the need for approval by councils. With the changes aimed at cutting...

22 Nov 2024
News

Military Museum welcomes Veterans Minister Harris

THE Broken Hill Military Museum welcomed a special guest, New South Wales Minister for Veterans David Harris MP, at its new location last week. Mr Harris, hosted by the BHMM committee, viewed the museum’s new developments and treasures. The...

15 Nov 2024
Education

Cash for increased kinder places

IN the next 18 months, 44 extra childcare places will be available in Broken Hill. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns, Deputy Premier Prue Car, and Minister for the State’s Regions Tara Moriarty made the announcement at Busy Kids...

15 Nov 2024