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Emily McInerney

Winners and losers in grants revealed

COMMUNITY assistance grants issued by Broken Hill City Council are set to be capped at $5000 and organisations will be able to benefit biennially. The move comes as round one of round one recipients were revealed for the 2025/26 period. As part of the...

9 hours ago

Community

Awards spotlight volunteers

MARGOT White has been inducted into the Nydia Edes Hall of Fame at the recent Volunteer Awards. In something of a full circle transformation, Mrs White has worked for Broken Hill since her earliest years assisting her mother Nydia Edes. Now 92 years...

13 Jun 2025

Football

Interstate team beats Shinglebacks

THE South Australian football representative team took an almost 30-point lead over the Lizards last weekend. A first in four years, the SA representatives won 62 - 33 by the Shinglebacks team. The Shinglebacks (or Lizards) are made up of players over...

13 Jun 2025

News

History money to be repaid

A GRANT of $135,000 will go back to the funding body to approved it after a failure to find a suitable person to record the oral history of the local Indigenous communities. Broken Hill City Council’s quarterly budget review for March...

13 Jun 2025

Farming & Environment

Advocate against water management bill

THE introduction of a bill for more transparent water management may just add another layer of red tape, according to a river advocate. Last week, Member for Barwon Roy Butler introduced a bill into the New South Wales Parliament to increase...

13 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Investigation into stabbing continues

POLICE are being assisted with their inquiries into a fatal alleged stabbing last week. Inquiries continue after a man died following an alleged stabbing in the state’s west last week. Just after 11.50pm on Thursday, June 5, emergency services were...

13 Jun 2025

Police & Courts

Police blitz state’s roads

MOTORISTS were urged to be safer on the road after a number of dangerous incidents during the Police’ King’s Birthday weekend operation. Operation King’s Birthday Long Weekend 2025 was a statewide road safety blitz that ran from 12am...

12 Jun 2025

Community

Sliding in for Big Freeze support

OVER 20 locals braved freezing conditions to take part in the Regional Aquatic Centre’s Big Freeze slide on Monday. The DIY event was held with “celebrity sliders” and was part of the fundraising efforts for the fight against Motor Neurone...

12 Jun 2025

News

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...

06 Jun 2025

News

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...

06 Jun 2025

News

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

News

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