Broken Hill Times

Local church prays for Pope

IN news that shocked the world, head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, from a stroke and heart failure, with the local Catholic Church joining billions around the world in prayer. Dean of the Broken Hill Cathedral...

28 Apr 2025

Community

ANZAC What’s on

6am Anzac Day Dawn ServiceMarchers assemble at 5am in front of BH RSL Sub BranchRum rations5.40am Marchers line up on right hand side of road5.50am March off with drummer to CenotaphOpening address by BH RSL presidentInvocation by MinisterHymn by...

24 Apr 2025

Arts & Entertainment

What’s on this week

Games club 6.30pm, PCYC, 58 Gympsum Street Discover a variety of table top games at the Broken Hill Game Club. Meet new friends, learn new games, and have a blast. All welcome. Life drawing 6pm, Broken Hill City Art Gallery Immerse yourself in the...

24 Apr 2025

Opinion

Restoring power to Broken Hill and the Far West

THE outage experienced in October 2024 highlighted the energy challenges Broken Hill and the Far West face, with one transmission line supporting 13,000 customers. Frustration amplified in the community when the...

28 Apr 2025

Farming & Environment

River authority discusses future plans

THE Murray–Darling Basin Authority held a meeting last week in Canberra, discussing the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation report draft and 2026 Basin Plan Review Discussion, amongst other water-related issues. The meeting, which took place on Wednesday...

28 Apr 2025

Health

Make your lunch boxes Go, Grow and Glow

Make your lunch boxes ‘Go, Grow and Glow’By Stephanie Wylie, Far West LHD DietitianAs February rolls around so does the (sometimes dreaded) task of packing lunchboxes. With lunchboxes contributing up to third of a child’s daily nutrient...

28 Apr 2025

Video

News

Murray Darling Basin Authority and NSW Government act on water concern

THE Murray Darling Basin Authority and New South Wales Government are working together to monitor and manage water quality in the Menindee Lakes and the lower Darling-Baaka ahead of summer. Concerns about water quality including dissolved...

19 Dec 2024

News

Horse owner defends local trainer

LEADING a horse outside of a car to train is a “safe and common practice” according to horse owner Bryan Littlely. Mr Littlely has worked alongside horse trainer and local Heidi Smith for over seven years. Last week, it was reported that Ms Smith pled...

27 Apr 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Big ant makes big impression

IT was Broken Hill’s answer to the Dog on the Tucker box display and sat at the Stephens Creek pub before heading into the Silver City. In December 1980, Women’s Weekly featured a story on artist Pro Hart and his steel bull ant. As the story went to...

26 Apr 2025

Survival Kits for Literary Heroines is the write stuff

ARTIST Cathy Farry will be exhibiting her new work, Survival Kits for Literary Heroines, from May at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery. Farry said she was inspired after a conversation with a work colleague post-COVID.“We’d talk about making...

26 Apr 2025

Community

Event to shop local

BROKEN Hill’s Small Biz Collective have come up with a new idea to encourage people to shop local. The Mother’s Day Sip, Shop and Spoil event will be held on Thursday, May 1, and will feature a guided shopping experience, refreshments at The...

26 Apr 2025

Sport

Football

McDonald makes strong first impression

HAILING from the South Mildura Football Club, teenager Ajay McDonald had a strong impact in his SANFL under 16s debut for the North Adelaide Roosters. McDonald played for the Roosters in a clash with Central District in round five of the 2025...

28 Apr 2025

Sport

‘Magician’ Meuret reminisces

ONE of the inaugural inductees into West Adelaide’s Hall of Fame in 2005, Peter Meuret was a mercurial footballer and a key member of the Bloods’ 1983 premiership win over the Double...

27 Apr 2025

Bowls

Bowls notes

North Broken HillGOOD Friday Triples Tournament. Twelve teams, bolstered by several reserves, played four games of three bowl triples. There emerged two unbeaten sides for the whole day. They were:1st on 350 points; Ray Grenfell, Wayne Anderson and...

25 Apr 2025

Football

Bulldogs to clip Magpies wings

CENTRALS are coming off a pretty good pre-season block and I anticipate they will come out the blocks hard. My only concern with the Magpies is controlling the ball on the outside. Do they have that outside speed to do that? If they do...

25 Apr 2025

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Opinion

Restoring power to Broken Hill and the Far West

28 Apr 2025

Letters to the editor

Keep being smart

THIS Summer we reflect on a milestone in our state’s fight against skin cancer. January marks a decade since Victoria banned commercial solariums -- a landmark decision that has undoubtedly saved countless lives. Before the ban, solariums were...

02 Feb 2025

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

Letters to the editor

Speak up, just not for the Greens

AS A country person I get frustrated and dismayed at uneducated city influence which is adversely impacting not only our rural lifestyle, but also the cost of living for everyone. Greens policies are reducing the ability of our farmers to grow...

01 Feb 2025

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