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Jackson Marx

23/7/2025 added to staff subscription as an author

Nurturing the Outback mindset

LIFE in Broken Hill has always been tough, with the isolation, unforgiving climate and work opportunities that ebb and flow. Some leave for greener pastures, but others, regrettably, take more drastic steps. The Outback Mind Foundation is a charity...

13 hours ago

News

Bushys mine is a town gem

TUCKED away on the edge of Broken Hill, on the extreme west of Allendale Street, is White’s Mineral and Mining Museum, a rustic wonderland to which words can do no justice. A simulated mine, constructed with original timbers from the old Zinc...

13 hours ago

Arts & Entertainment

Actors wanted, no talent required

HE was billed as “Man in Cap”, an extra with no speaking lines who darted across the screen in the 1980 film, The First Deadly Sin. It was an inauspicious beginning that propelled Bruce Willis to the top of the heap in Hollywood. You...

02 Aug 2025

News

Chicken gets drunk, becomes hooligan

A BROKEN Hill chicken has never been the same since getting drunk weeks ago, according to its owners. Pamela Wright and John Andrews run Mulberry Vale Bush Cabins off Menindee Road, just south of Broken Hill. One evening in the middle of July, they...

01 Aug 2025

News

Tech grants up for grabs

GRANTS are now available for any organisation that can help with “connectivity literacy” in Broken Hill and the Far West. The grants are offered by Regional Tech Hub, a government-funded organisation whose mission is to improve phone and internet...

31 Jul 2025

Farming & Environment

Salt off the earth

IT recently occurred to Jill McNamara that her property is about the same size as Gaza.“Gaza is 90000 acres, and we’re on 85000 acres,” she said. “So Gaza is about one paddock bigger than our property, and millions of people live there...

18 Jul 2025

Business

Extra hour to drink during Mundi Mundi Bash

The New South Wales liquor and gaming authority has granted extended trading hours for eligible venues during the weekend of the Mundi Mundi Bash this coming August. The extension, which will allow licensed venues in Broken Hill to operate until...

12 Jul 2025

News

Program aims for safer drivers in region

IT’S one thing to get to the end of the school holidays and find you’re not a road statistic, but it’s quite another to find the break has actually made you a better driver. That’s what will happen if you make the wise decision to...

10 Jul 2025

News

Pet store arrival has locals seeing red

Jack Marx WORD that a new pet store is opening in The Plaza has got Tayla Cuffe hot with fleas. She’s the owner of Pets Tucker, an institution for Broken Hill dog and cat lovers that has served the community for more than a decade. When she heard...

08 Jul 2025

News

Budget slashed for Broken Hill Gallery

FUTURE programs at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery could be in jeopardy after the State Government pulled funding from all but three country galleries in New South Wales. Applications for grants under the four-year funding program...

04 Jul 2025

Football

Nikki boots a bag in game 100

NIKKI Phillips had a day out in her 100th game for Central Broken Hill Football Club last Saturday, kicking eight goals and three behinds in her team’s 13.9 (87) to 0.0 (0) win over Wests at Jubilee Oval. It was a mighty effort by the 46...

04 Jul 2025

News

Middle Eastern conflict’s local impact

IF you think Broken Hill is safe from the troubles in the Middle East, think again. The war between Israel and Iran has the potential to hurt us at the petrol pump, and Mark Borlace, senior manager of future mobility at the Royal Adelaide...

27 Jun 2025