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Emily McInerney

Alcohol ban lifted for Beyond the Dust festival

A PORTION of the CBD’s Alcohol-Free Zone will be lifted during the Beyond the Dust festival in September. Broken Hill City Council received a request to temporarily suspend a portion of the Central Business District (CBD) Alcohol-Free Zone to permit...

5 hours ago

Health

Health bureaucrats withhold lead reports

LEAD reports from the Far West and Western Health Districts will no longer be made public in Broken Hill City Council papers because bureaucrats don’t want the media reporting on them. The Broken Hill Lead Reference Group, or BHLRG, is chaired by...

5 hours ago

News

Homestead destroyed in fire

THE homestead on Mundi Mundi Station has been lost to fire after it went up in flames on Monday. Broken Hill firefighters and the Rural Fire Service were called to Mundi Mundi Station just after 4pm on Monday. Crews attended the station near Silverton...

5 hours ago

News

Brass band’s long legacy

THE BIU Band has a long and distinguished history in Broken Hill and the surrounding Barrier Ranges in Far West New South Wales. The group started out as Bermingham’s Band in 1899, with J.J. Bermingham and his nine sons comprising the majority of...

02 Aug 2025

News

Library building work top shelf

LOCK-UP status on building work for the new Broken Hill Library could be about eight weeks away. During City Council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, a question was asked during the public forum about the library. Mayor Tom Kennedy said lock-up for the...

02 Aug 2025

News

Nankivell contract ‘a no brainer’

BROKEN Hill City general manager Jay Nankivell has received a “better than satisfactory” performance review. In his fourth year as Council’s general manager Mr Nankivell had a performance review conducted and it was voted upon during confidential...

02 Aug 2025

News

Trades training backed as TAFE office jobs under threat

NO TAFE teaching positions will be cut in the city, but other staffing roles may not be safe. This comes after TAFE NSW announced 100 non-teaching jobs will be axed from the institution. Transport NSW also announced it would cut almost 1,000...

02 Aug 2025

News

Band to celebrate milestone

There will be a range of songs performed at the concert from Elton John to Pirates of the Caribbean

01 Aug 2025

Community

Outback Disability Expo a success

THE Outback Disability Expo was a roaring success with many stallholders and lots of community members taking advantage of the day. The Expo was a perfect escape from the windy, wet weather last Saturday. More than 30 stallholders were at the Civic...

01 Aug 2025

Business

Tenement package purchase

AN agreement has been entered into for the purchase of a tenement package in Broken Hill. Austin Metals Limited recently announced it entered into a binding agreement with Kingfisher Mining Ltd for the sale of its Broken Hill tenement package. This...

01 Aug 2025

News

City to get new signage

THE city is set to receive new entryway signage through a grant of $200,000. The current design located at the airport, Adelaide, Tibooburra and Sydney entrances into the city were installed in 2019. It was a winning design by a Melbourne designer and...

01 Aug 2025

Community

Community remembers ‘big advocate’

FORMER Barrier Industrial Council president and staunch supporter of worker’s right, Danny O’Connor has passed away. The 73-year-old passed away in Victoria last week. Mr O’Connor came to Broken Hill as a relief firefighter in 1995, before becoming...

31 Jul 2025