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Emily McInerney

Tiny towns big cities according to visa scheme

TIBOOBURRA, Milparinka, Packsaddle and Pooncarie are in ineligible to access backpacker workers under the 88-day workplace program due to having the same postcode as Broken Hill. In February, Broken Hill City Council sent...

19 hours ago

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Councillors get pay rise

BROKEN Hill City Council have voted for a three per cent pay rise. As part of the Local Government Renumeration Tribunal, determinations were made in respect to the annual fees paid to the mayor and councillors effective from July 1. The tribunal...

19 hours ago

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Airport funding in sights

BROKEN Hill City Council will continue to lobby State and Federal governments for funding to upgrade the airport. Correspondence from NSW Minister for Regional Transport Jenny Aitchison MP, addressed to Roy Butler MP (forwarded to Council) provided...

06 Jun 2025

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Heritage committee established

THREE Broken Hill City Council delegates will sit on the re-established heritage advisory committee. At the October 2024 extraordinary council meeting, being the first meeting of the new term of council, councillors deferred the re-establishment of...

06 Jun 2025

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Council continues school sports appeal

BROKEN Hill City Council will continue to appeal for a school that was voted out of the Primary School Sporting Association (PSSA).Council will write to the New South Wales Education Minister about the continued situation after Sacred Heart Parish...

06 Jun 2025

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MP wants ‘Red Fleet’ to move on

WESTERN regional councils could soon be free from the financial responsibility of the “Red Fleet”.Member for Barwon Roy Butler put a question to Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib in New South Wales Parliament recently asking...

06 Jun 2025

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Council meeting rescheduled

THE ordinary Council monthly meeting for June has been rescheduled for the last Monday of the month, June 30. Between Monday, June 23 to Friday June 27, the Deputy Mayor and general manager will be in Sydney attending the Regional Capitals Australi...

06 Jun 2025

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Truck fire dealt with

BROKEN Hill fire crews attended a truck fire last Friday afternoon, 80 kilometres across the South Australian border. Firefighters found a truck involved in fire on arrival with property owners and people assisting with the removal of the truck from...

05 Jun 2025

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Report reveals progressive findings

FINDINGS into a recent project run by Hawsons Iron could see their mining run at a lower cost and be more environmentally friendly. During the week, Hawsons provided an update in relation to their dry comminution test work program and a Mineral...

02 Jun 2025

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Umberumberka holds history

A CRITICAL water supply, creation of a small settlement and oasis in the outback, the Umberumberka Reservoir is steeped in history. The project for the reservoir began in 1911 and employed up to 500 men over a period of four years during...

02 Jun 2025

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Upgrades on the way

A LOCAL tourist park company has faith in the tourist economy with big expansions on the horizon. Experience Broken Hill’s Michael McIvor said they recently announced the approved Development Application for upgrades to the Outback View Holiday...

31 May 2025

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Unions need to step up

THE unions should be at the forefront of the fight for the 17 staff who lost their jobs at a local nursing care facility, Broken Hill City Council has heard. At council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday night, Cr Ashley Byrne put forward a motion of...

31 May 2025